JP2016034588A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To prevent a player from getting bored in a gaming machine capable of performing an effect of arranging each variable display section so that a plurality of lines in which three or more variable display sections are arranged in one direction are formed. Providing a unique gaming machine. When executing a 12-mass throttle effect, a pachinko gaming machine 1 arranges four variable display portions 7b in the horizontal direction and three variable display portions 7b in the vertical direction on the image display device 7. . There are a first stop order pattern (basic stop order, reverse stop order) and a second stop order pattern (stop from left to right, stop from right to left) in the stop order of variable display made by each variable display portion 7b. . When the first stop order pattern is selected, each effect symbol 8X may be stopped and displayed in a jackpot manner on any line of the plurality of lines, while when the second stop order pattern is selected, While the effect design 8X is not stopped and displayed in the jackpot stop mode, the pseudo-continuous display mode can be displayed on any one of the plurality of lines. [Selection] Figure 83

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine.

  Conventionally, in a pachinko gaming machine, a big hit lottery is performed based on establishment of a predetermined start condition. The result of the jackpot lottery is indicated by a symbol (identification information) that is stopped and displayed after variable display. When the jackpot is won, after the symbol is stopped and displayed in the jackpot mode (specific display mode), the jackpot game advantageous to the player is executed. On the other hand, when the jackpot is not won, the symbols that are displayed in a variable manner after the symbols are displayed in a different manner, or the reach mode that constitutes a part of the jackpot mode is displayed, are different from the symbols in the reach mode. Stopped display with symbols.

  For example, Patent Document 1 below describes a gaming machine capable of executing a multi-reach effect in which a plurality of lines that can constitute a reach mode are set. Specifically, in the gaming machine described in this document, three drum display units (variable display units) are arranged in the horizontal direction on the upper side, and three image display units (variable display units) are arranged on the lower side of each drum display unit. ) Are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction, and three drum display units (variable display units) are arranged in the horizontal direction below the image display units. That is, three variable display portions are arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and a total of nine variable display portions are arranged.

  For this reason, numerical designs can be variably displayed on each variable display section, and a reach mode or a jackpot mode can be configured by lines formed in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the diagonal direction. Therefore, it is possible to configure a plurality of reach modes with a plurality of lines, and it is possible to diversify the effects by the display mode.

JP 2005-21508 A

  However, in the gaming machine described in the above document, when the symbols are stopped and displayed on the nine variable display portions, the stop order of the symbols is fixed in advance. That is, only one pattern is set as the stop order of the variable display performed by the nine variable display units. And in the order of the stop, the player only expects that the symbol is stopped and displayed in a jackpot manner on any one of the plurality of lines. As a result, there is a risk that the player feels monotonous and is easy to get bored.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. That is, the problem is that in a gaming machine that can execute an effect of arranging each variable display unit so that a plurality of lines in which three or more variable display units are arranged in one direction are formed, the player is bored. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be suppressed.

  The present invention takes the following means in order to solve the above problems. In the description of the means described below, the corresponding component names and expressions in [Mode for carrying out the invention], which will be described later, the reference numerals used in the drawings, and the like are added in parentheses for reference. However, the constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to this supplementary note.

The invention according to the present invention is
Effect display means (image display device 7) comprising a plurality of variable display units;
Identification of a plurality of types of identification information (production symbol 8X) that can be identified based on the start condition being established after being variably displayed on each of the plurality of variable display sections (variable display sections 7b) Information display means (production control microcomputer 91 capable of executing S4507 and S4611),
In the effect display means, each of the variable display portions is arranged such that a plurality of lines (lines <1> to <11>) in which three or more of the variable display portions are arranged in one direction are formed,
A gaming machine that controls to a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) advantageous to the player when each of the identification information is stopped and displayed on any one of the plurality of lines in a specific display mode (big hit mode) In
The stop order of the variable display made by the plurality of variable display portions is different from the first stop order pattern (basic stop order, reverse stop order, see FIGS. 39A and 39B) and the first stop order pattern. 2 Stop order selection means (S5101 or S5301 is executed) for selecting from a plurality of stop order patterns including stop order patterns (stop from left to right, stop from right to left, see FIGS. 39C and 39D) Possible production control microcomputer 91),
A predetermined special effect (revariable display) is executed after each identification information is displayed in a special display mode (pseudo continuous display mode) different from the specific display mode on any one of the plurality of lines. Possible special performance execution means (production control microcomputer 91 capable of executing S5104, S5105 or S5305, S5306 based on the variation patterns P1, P2, P5, P6),
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection means, the identification information may be stopped and displayed in any one of the plurality of lines in the specific display mode (FIG. 83 ( F) (G)),
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, the identification information is not stopped and displayed in any one of the plurality of lines in the specific display mode. Each of the plurality of lines can display the identification information in the special display mode (see FIGS. 83A to 83E).

  According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the first stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display units, the display mode of the identification information becomes a specific display mode indicating the control to the special gaming state. It will make the player expect. On the other hand, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display portions, the display mode of the identification information does not become the specific display mode, but the special indicating the execution of the special effect. It may be a display mode. Therefore, the player who grasps the second stop order pattern while the identification information is variably displayed becomes aware of whether or not the special presentation is executed because the display mode of the identification information becomes a special display mode. It is possible to concentrate. Thus, by changing the display mode of the identification information expected by the player in accordance with the stop order pattern, it is possible to suppress the player from getting bored.

You may comprise the gaming machine of the said structure as follows.
The identification information display means includes
Before the final stop display of each identification information, each identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in a predetermined pseudo-continuous display mode on any one of the plurality of lines,
The special performance execution means
After the identification information is temporarily stopped and displayed in the pseudo-continuous display mode on any one of the plurality of lines, re-variable display for variably displaying the identification information can be performed a predetermined number of times. Is,
The special display mode is the pseudo continuous display mode,
The gaming machine characterized in that the special effect is the re-variable display.

  According to the gaming machine of this configuration, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display units, the display mode of the identification information does not become the specific display mode, but the pseudo continuous display mode There is a possibility. Therefore, at this time, it is possible to direct the player's attention to whether or not the re-variable display is performed. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the effect of re-variable display (pseudo-continuous) by the stop order pattern.

You may comprise the gaming machine of the said structure as follows.
The pseudo continuous display mode includes at least a first pseudo continuous display mode (“Taro”) and a second pseudo continuous display mode (“TARO”), which are different from each other.
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, the identification information is not temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo continuous display mode. While each of the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo-continuous display mode (see FIGS. 85 (A), (B), and (C)),
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, the identification information is not temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode. Each of the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo-continuous display mode on such a line (see FIGS. 83A to 83E).

  According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the first stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display sections, the second pseudo continuous display mode can be displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode. Will not display a temporary stop. On the other hand, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display portions, the temporary stop display is performed in the first pseudo continuous display mode, although the temporary stop display can be performed in the second pseudo continuous display mode. It will never be done. Therefore, it is possible to make it easy to understand which pseudo-continuous display mode to focus on according to the stop order pattern.

You may comprise the gaming machine of the said structure as follows.
The plurality of variable display units are arranged in three or more in the vertical direction and three or more in the horizontal direction (see FIG. 36),
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, each line (<1>) extending in one direction (hereinafter referred to as “one side direction (vertical direction)”) in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. ~ <4>), each of the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode,
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, the lines <9> to <11 extending in the other direction (horizontal direction) different from the one side direction in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. >, Each of the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo continuous display mode.

  According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the first stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display units, each identification information is displayed in the first pseudo direction in either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. It can be displayed in a continuous display mode. On the other hand, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern on the plurality of variable display portions, each identification information is displayed in the second pseudo continuous display mode in either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. Can be displayed. Therefore, since the direction of the pseudo continuous display mode changes according to the stop order pattern, different pseudo continuous display modes can be more clearly distinguished.

  According to the present invention, in a gaming machine capable of performing an effect of arranging each variable display unit so that a plurality of lines in which three or more variable display units are arranged in one direction are formed, it is possible to prevent the player from getting bored. It is possible.

It is a perspective view of the game machine concerning the 1st form of this form. It is a front view of the game board with which the gaming machine is provided. It is a schematic front view which shows in detail the 2nd big prize apparatus with which the game machine is provided. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure by the side of the main control board of the same gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure by the side of the sub control board of the same gaming machine. It is a jackpot type determination table. It is a table which shows the open mode of a big prize opening. It is a table | surface which shows the various random numbers which the microcomputer for game control acquires. (A) A jackpot determination table. (B) Reach determination table. (C) Normal symbol per determination table. (D) Normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a fluctuation pattern determination table. It is an open pattern determination table of electric Chu. It is a flowchart of a main side timer interruption process It is a flowchart of a start port sensor detection process. It is a flowchart of special operation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of jackpot determination processing. It is a flowchart of a fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of a fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol variation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol confirmation process. It is a flowchart of a game state management process. It is a flowchart of a game state reset process. It is a flowchart of a special electric accessory process. It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. It is a flowchart of a specific area sensor detection process. It is a flowchart of a sub-side timer interrupt process. It is a flowchart of a received command analysis process. It is a flowchart of a change production start process. It is a flowchart of a change production end process. It is a flowchart of an opening effect selection process. It is a flowchart of a round effect selection process. It is a flowchart of an ending effect selection process. It is a table | surface which shows a response | compatibility with the value of a production mode and mode status. It is a front view of a game board when 12 mass throttle production is performed. It is the front view which showed 12 variable display parts. It is a figure for demonstrating 11 lines. It is a figure for demonstrating the kind of effect design. It is a figure for demonstrating four stop orders. It is a figure for demonstrating the reel arrangement | sequence of an effect design. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 1 line type. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 2 line type | molds when it is a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 3 line type | molds when it is a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 4 line type | molds when it is a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 5 line type | molds when it is a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating an 8-line pattern in the case of a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 2 line type | molds when it is a reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 3 line type | molds when it is reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 4 line type | molds when it is a reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of 5 line type | molds when it is reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating an 8-line type | mold pattern when it is reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating the kind by which the pseudo | simulation continuous display mode by Taro is displayed. It is a figure for demonstrating the kind by which the pseudo-continuous display mode by TARO is displayed. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of the pseudo 2 gasses by Taro in basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of pseudo 2 gasses by Taro in reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of pseudo 2 gasses by TARO when stopping from the left to the right. It is a flowchart of 12 mass fluctuation production pattern creation processing. It is a flowchart of the process for non-reach. It is a flowchart of the symbol lottery process of each square other than the production target line. It is a flowchart of the process for reach. It is an effect content lottery table. It is a table for determining a production target line when it is out of order in the basic stop order. It is a table for determining a production target line when it is out of order in reverse stop order. It is a table for deciding a production target line when it is a pseudo 2 gasse by Taro in the basic stop order. It is a table for deciding a production target line when it is a pseudo 2 gasse by Taro in reverse stop order. It is a table for deciding a production target line when stopping from the left to the right and in the case of pseudo 2 gasses by TARO. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 1 regardless of the stop order. It is a figure for deciding the production target line when the number of reach lines is 2 in the basic stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 2 in reverse stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 3 in the basic stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 3 in reverse stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 4 in the basic stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 4 in reverse stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 5 in the basic stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 5 in reverse stop order or the like. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 8 in the basic stop order. It is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 8 in reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating each pattern of a quasi-continuous aspect. It is a figure for demonstrating loss without reach in basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating loss without reach in reverse stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating normal reach loss in a basic stop order. It is a figure for demonstrating pseudo 2 loss. It is a figure for demonstrating a pseudo 2 jackpot. It is a figure for demonstrating pseudo 2 gasses. It is a figure for demonstrating 2D effect jackpot from pseudo-3. It is a figure for demonstrating 2D production loss, leaving 1 line from 3 line reach. It is a figure for demonstrating 3D effect jackpot leaving 3 lines from 3 line reach. It is a figure for demonstrating production development loss according to a card design. It is a figure for demonstrating the production development jackpot according to a card design.

1. Structure of gaming machine A pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine will be described in accordance with the left-right direction for a player facing the pachinko gaming machine. In addition, the front direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine will be described as a direction approaching the player facing the pachinko gaming machine, and the backward direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine will be described as a direction away from the player facing the pachinko gaming machine.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment includes a gaming machine frame 50 and a gaming board 2 (see FIG. 2) attached in the gaming machine frame 50. The front frame 51 of the gaming machine frame 50 has a handle 60 for launching a game ball with a launch intensity corresponding to the rotation angle, a hitting ball supply tray (upper plate) 61 for storing the game ball, and a hitting ball supply tray 61. A surplus ball tray (lower plate) 62 is provided for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the bowl. Further, the front frame 51 is provided with an effect button 63 that can be operated by the player at the time of an effect that is executed as the game progresses. The front frame 51 is provided with a decorative frame lamp 66 and a speaker 67.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 2 is formed with a game area 3 in which game balls launched by the operation of the handle 60 flow down are surrounded by rail members 4. The game board 2 is provided with a decorative board lamp 5 (see FIG. 6). In the game area 3, a plurality of game nails (reference numerals omitted) for guiding a game ball are projected.

  An image display device (display means) 7 that is a liquid crystal display device is provided near the center of the game area 3. On the display screen (display unit) 7a of the image display device 7, there is an effect symbol that performs variable display of effect symbols (decoration symbols) 8L, 8C, and 8R synchronized with variable display of a first special symbol and a second special symbol described later. There is a display area. Note that the effect of displaying the effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R is referred to as an effect symbol variation effect. The effect design variation effect may be referred to as “decoration design variation effect” or simply “change effect”. The effect symbol display area includes, for example, three symbol display areas of “left”, “middle”, and “right”. A left effect symbol 8L is displayed in the left symbol display area, a middle effect symbol 8C is displayed in the middle symbol display area, and a right effect symbol 8R is displayed in the right symbol display area. Each of the effect symbols includes, for example, a plurality of symbols representing numbers “1” to “8”. The image display device 7 includes a first special symbol displayed on a first special symbol display 41a and a second special symbol display 41b (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, and a combination of the left, middle, and right effect symbols. The result of variable display of the second special symbol (that is, the result of the jackpot lottery) is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

  For example, when winning a jackpot, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with a doublet such as “777”. Further, if it is out of place, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with a variation such as “637”. This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player generally grasps the result of the jackpot lottery not by the first special symbol display 41a or the second special symbol display 41b but by the image display device 7. The position of the symbol display area does not have to be fixed. In addition, as a variation display mode of the effect design, for example, there is a mode of scrolling in the vertical direction.

  The image display device 7 displays, in addition to the effect symbol variation effect using the effect symbol as described above, a jackpot effect performed in parallel with the jackpot game (an example of a special game), a demonstration effect for waiting for customers, and the like. 7a. In the effect design variation effect, effect images other than effect symbols such as background images and character images are displayed in addition to effect symbols such as numbers.

  In addition, the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 includes a first effect hold display area for displaying the effect hold 9A in accordance with the number of stored first special figure holds, which will be described later, and the number of second special figure hold, which will be described later. Accordingly, there is a second effect hold display area for displaying the effect hold 9B. By the display of the production hold, the number stored in the first special figure hold display 43a (see FIG. 4) described later and the second number displayed on the second special figure hold display 43b. The number of stored special figure holds can be shown to the player in an easy-to-understand manner.

  A center decorative body 10 is disposed near the center of the game area 3 and in front of the image display device 7. A stage portion 11 capable of guiding a game ball rolling on the upper surface to a first starting port 20 described later is formed at the lower portion of the center decorative body 10. In addition, a warp portion 12 is provided on the left side of the center decorative body 10 to allow a game ball to flow from the entrance and to flow out from the exit to the stage portion 11. A panel movable body 15 is disposed in the retracted state on the center decorative body 10.

  Fixed below the image display device 7 in the game area 3 is provided with a first start opening (first start winning opening, first entry opening, fixed start opening) 20 that does not always change the ease of entering a game ball. A winning device 19 is provided. The winning of the game ball to the first start port 20 is an opportunity for the lottery of the first special symbol (a jackpot lottery, that is, determination of acquisition of a jackpot random number or the like). In this embodiment, a gate is also provided on the upper left side of the game area 3, and this gate is configured to allow a game ball to pass even in a left-handed game state (a low-probability low-base state described later).

  Also, below the first start opening 20 in the game area 3, an ordinary variable winning device (so-called electric chew) 22 having a second start opening (second start winning opening, second entry opening, variable start opening) 21 is provided. Is provided. The winning of the game ball to the second start port 21 is an opportunity for the second special symbol lottery (big hit lottery). The electric chew 22 includes a movable member 23 and opens and closes the second start port 21 by the operation of the movable member 23. The movable member 23 is driven by an electric chew solenoid 24 (see FIG. 5). The second starting port 21 allows a game ball to enter only when the movable member 23 is in the open state. That is, the 2nd starting opening 21 is a starting opening from which the ease of entering a game ball can change. The electric chew 22 can be used when the movable member 23 is in the open state as long as it is easier to enter the second starting port 21 than in the closed state. It may not be impossible to enter the second starting port 21.

  Further, a gate (passage area) 28 through which a game ball can pass is provided at the upper right of the first start port 20 in the game area 3. The passage of the game ball to the gate 28 triggers the execution of a normal symbol lottery (that is, acquisition and determination of a normal symbol random number (per random number)) for determining whether or not to open the electric chew 22.

  Also, below the gate 28 in the game area 3, a first grand prize device (first special variable prize device, first special variable prize means) 31 having a first grand prize port (first special prize port) 30 is provided. Is provided. The first grand prize winning device 31 includes an opening / closing member (first special prize opening opening / closing member) 32, and opens and closes the first grand prize winning opening 30 by the operation of the opening / closing member 32. The opening / closing member 32 is driven by a first big prize opening solenoid 33 (see FIG. 5). The first grand prize opening 30 allows a game ball to enter only when the opening / closing member 32 is open.

  In the upper right of the first grand prize opening 30 in the game area 3, a second big prize device (second special variable prize winning device, second special prize device) having a second big prize port (second special prize port) 35 is provided. Variable winning means) 36 is provided. The second big prize winning device 36 includes an opening / closing member (second special prize opening opening / closing member, blade member) 37, and opens / closes the second big prize winning opening 35 by the operation of the opening / closing member 37. The opening / closing member 37 is driven by a second big prize opening solenoid 38 (see FIG. 5). The second grand prize opening 35 allows a game ball to enter only when the opening / closing member 37 is open.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), a specific area (also referred to as a V area) through which the game ball that has passed through the second big prize opening 35 can pass is inside the second big prize winning device 36. 39 and a non-specific region (also referred to as a non-V region, which corresponds to a second non-specific region) 70 are formed. In the second grand prize-winning device 36, a second grand prize port sensor 35a for detecting the winning of a game ball to the second big prize port 35 is disposed upstream of the specific area 39 and the non-specific area 70. . The specific area 39 is provided with a specific area sensor 39 a that detects the passage of a game ball to the specific area 39. Further, the non-specific area 70 is provided with a non-specific area sensor 70 a that detects the passage of a game ball to the non-specific area 70. In addition, the second grand prize winning device 36 has a distribution member (corresponding to the second distribution member) 71 that distributes the game balls that have passed through the second grand prize opening 35 to either the specific area 39 or the non-specific area 70; A sorting member solenoid 73 for driving the sorting member 71 is provided. The distribution member 71 moves in the left-right direction with respect to the game board 2, and when the distribution member solenoid 73 is energized, a retreat state (first state) in which the game balls are distributed to the specific area 39 is taken. When the distribution member solenoid 73 is not energized, an advance state (second state) in which the game balls are distributed to the non-specific area 70 is taken. In other words, the sorting member 71 is a shutter member (second shutter member) that opens and closes the specific region 39.

  FIG. 3A shows the distribution member solenoid 73 being energized. As shown in FIG. 3A, when the distribution member solenoid 73 is energized, the distribution member 71 is in a first state that allows the game ball to pass to the specific area 39. When the distribution member 71 is in the first state, the game ball that has won the second big prize opening 35 passes through the specific area 39 after passing through the second big prize opening sensor 35a. This game ball route is referred to as a first route.

  FIG. 3B shows a state where the distribution member solenoid 73 is not energized. As shown in FIG. 3B, when the distribution member solenoid 73 is not energized, the distribution member 71 is in a second state that prevents the game ball from passing to the specific area 39. When the distribution member 71 is in the second state, the game ball that has won the second big prize opening 35 rolls on the upper surface of the distribution member 71 after passing through the second big prize opening sensor 35a, so that Pass through the specific area 70. This game ball route is referred to as a second route.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the passing of the game ball to the specific area 39 is an opportunity to shift to a high probability state described later. That is, the specific area 39 is a probability changing operation port. On the other hand, the non-specific region 70 is not a probability variation operating port. Further, the first grand prize winning device 31 is not provided with a probability changing operation port.

  Returning to FIG. 2, at the lower part of the game area 3, there are provided a normal winning opening 27 and an out opening 16 through which game balls that have not won any winning opening are discharged out of the gaming area 3.

  As described above, the game area 3 in which various winning holes are arranged includes a left game area 3A on the left side of the center in the left-right direction and a right game area 3B on the right side. The method of hitting a game ball so that the game ball flows down in the left game area 3A is called left-handed. On the other hand, a method of hitting a game ball so that the game ball flows down in the right game area 3B is referred to as a right hit. In this pachinko gaming machine 1, it is possible to aim for winning in the first starting port 20 and the second starting port 21 by left-handed. On the other hand, it is possible to aim to pass to the gate 28 by right-handed, and to win the second starting port 21, the first big winning port 30, and the second big winning port 35.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a display device 40 is arranged at the right center of the game board 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the display 40 includes a first special symbol display 41a that variably displays the first special symbol, a second special symbol display 41b that variably displays the second special symbol, and a normal symbol. A normal symbol display 42 that variably displays is included. In addition, the display units 40 hold the operation of the first special symbol display unit 43a and the second special symbol display unit 41b for displaying the number of stored operations of the first special symbol display unit 41a. A second special figure hold indicator 43b that displays the number of stored (second special figure hold) and a general figure hold display 44 that displays the number of stored operation hold (common figure hold) of the normal symbol display 42 is included. It is.

  The variable display of the first special symbol is performed in response to the winning of a game ball at the first start port 20. The variable display of the second special symbol is performed in response to a winning of a game ball at the second start port 21. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as a special symbol. The first special symbol display 41a and the second special symbol display 41b may be collectively referred to as a special symbol display 41. Further, the first special figure hold indicator 43a and the second special figure hold indicator 43b may be collectively referred to as a special figure hold indicator 43.

In the special symbol display 41, the special symbol is variably displayed (variable display) and then stopped to display a lottery (special symbol lottery, jackpot lottery) based on winning at the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. Inform the results. The special symbol that is stopped and displayed (the special symbol that is derived and displayed as the display result of the stop symbol and variable display) is one special symbol that is selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by the special symbol lottery. When the stop symbol is a predetermined special symbol (a special symbol of a specific stop mode, that is, a jackpot symbol), an open pattern corresponding to the type of the special symbol that has been stopped (that is, the winning type) Then, a special game (a jackpot game) is performed in which the first grand prize opening 30 or the second big prize opening 35 is opened. In addition, the opening pattern of the special winning opening (the first big winning opening 30 and the second big winning opening 35) in the special game will be described later.

  Specifically, the special symbol display 41 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol corresponding to the result of the jackpot lottery depending on the lighting mode. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of several types of jackpots to be described later), 1, 2, from the left such as “○ ●●● ○○ ●●” (○: lit, ●: unlit) The jackpot symbol in which the fifth and sixth LEDs are lit is displayed. In the case of a loss, a lost symbol in which only the rightmost LED is lit, such as “●●●●●●● ○”, is displayed. You may employ | adopt the aspect which light-extinguishes all LED as a loss pattern. Note that the lost symbol is not a specific special symbol. Further, before the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the special symbol is variably displayed over a predetermined variation time. The variation display mode is, for example, that each LED is lit so that light repeatedly flows from left to right. It is an aspect. The mode of the variable display may be anything such as all the LEDs blinking at once as long as each LED is not stopped (lighted display in a specific mode).

  In this pachinko gaming machine 1, when there is a winning game ball (win ball) at the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21, various random number values (numerical information such as jackpot random numbers) acquired for the winning game are received. ) Is temporarily stored in the special figure storage unit 85 (see FIG. 5). Specifically, if the winning is to the first starting port 20, the first special figure holding is stored in the first special drawing storage unit 85 a (see FIG. 5), and if the winning is to the second starting port 21, the first special drawing is stored. It is memorize | stored in the 2nd special figure reservation memory | storage part 85b (refer FIG. 5) as 2 special figure reservation. There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure storage unit 85, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four.

  The special figure hold stored in the special figure hold storage unit 85 is digested when a special symbol based on the special figure hold can be variably displayed. Digesting a special figure hold means that a jackpot random number corresponding to the special figure hold is determined, and a special symbol variable display for indicating the determination result is executed. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the special symbol based on the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the execution of the variable symbol variable display Even if there is a prize during the execution of a special game or during a special game, the right of lottery for the prize can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

  The number of special figure hold is displayed on the special figure hold display 43. Specifically, the special figure hold indicator 43 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of special figure holds by turning on the LEDs by the number of special figure holds.

  The variable display of the normal symbol is performed with the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 as an opportunity. The normal symbol display 42 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 by variably displaying the normal symbol (variation display) and then displaying the stop symbol. A normal symbol that is stopped and displayed (a normal symbol that is derived and displayed as a variable display result) is one normal symbol selected from a plurality of types of normal symbols by a normal symbol lottery. When the stop-displayed normal symbol is a predetermined specific symbol (a normal symbol of a predetermined stop mode, that is, a normal winning symbol), the second start port 21 is opened with an opening pattern corresponding to the current gaming state. An auxiliary game to be performed is performed. The opening pattern of the second start port 21 will be described later.

  Specifically, the normal symbol display 42 is composed of, for example, two LEDs (see FIG. 5), and displays a normal symbol corresponding to the result of the normal symbol lottery depending on the lighting state. For example, when the lottery result is a win, a normal winning symbol in which both LEDs are lit is displayed, such as “◯◯” (◯: lit, ●: unlit). Further, when the lottery result is a loss, a normal lose symbol in which only the right LED is lit is displayed as “● ○”. You may employ | adopt the aspect which light-extinguishes all LED as a normal lose pattern. Note that the normal lose symbol is not a specific normal symbol. Before the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the normal symbol is displayed for a predetermined variation time. The variation display mode is, for example, a mode in which both LEDs are alternately lit. The mode of the variable display may be anything such as all the LEDs blinking at once as long as each LED is not stopped (lighted display in a specific mode).

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a game ball passes to the gate 28, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) acquired for the passage of the game ball is stored in the universal figure storage unit 86 (see FIG. 5). Temporarily stored as figure hold. There is an upper limit to the number of pending map holds that can be stored in the saved map storage unit 86, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four.

  The general map reservation stored in the general map storage unit 86 is digested when the variable display of the normal symbol based on the general map storage becomes possible. The digestion of the general symbol hold means that a normal symbol random number (per random number) corresponding to the general symbol hold is determined and variable symbol display for displaying the determination result is executed. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the normal symbol based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, during the execution of the variable symbol display of the normal symbol or the execution of the auxiliary game Even if there is a case, the right of the normal symbol lottery for the passage can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

  The number of the general map hold is displayed on the general map hold display 44. Specifically, the general-purpose hold indicator 44 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of general-purpose holds by turning on the LEDs by the number of general-purpose holds.

2. Next, an electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the pachinko gaming machine 1 relates to a main control board (game control board) 80 that performs control related to game profits such as jackpot lottery and game state transition, and effects to be executed as the game progresses. A sub-control board (production control board) 90 that performs control, a payout control board 110 that performs control related to payout of game balls, and the like are provided. The main control board 80 constitutes a main control part, and the sub control board 90 constitutes a sub control part together with an image control board 100, a lamp control board 107 and a sound control board 106 which will be described later. The sub control unit only needs to include at least the sub control board 90.

  A game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “game control microcomputer”) 81 that controls the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted on the main control board 80. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM 83 that stores a program for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM 84 that is used as a work memory, and a CPU 82 that executes the program stored in the ROM 83. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits / receives data to / from other boards via an input / output circuit (I / O port unit) 87. The input / output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81. The ROM 83 may be externally attached. The RAM 84 is provided with the above-described special figure storage unit 85 (the first special figure storage unit 85a and the second special figure storage unit 85b) and the general figure storage unit 86.

  As shown in FIG. 6, various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88. Therefore, signals are input from the sensors to the main control board 80, and signals are output from the main control board 80 to the solenoids. Specifically, the sensors include a first start port sensor (first ball detection means) 20a, a second start port sensor (second ball detection means) 21a, a gate sensor 28a, and a first big prize port sensor 30a. The second big prize opening sensor 35a, the specific area sensor 39a, the non-specific area sensor 70a, and the normal prize opening sensor 27a are connected.

  The first start port sensor 20 a is provided in the first start port 20 and detects a game ball won in the first start port 20. The second start port sensor 21 a is provided in the second start port 21 and detects a game ball that has won the second start port 21. The gate sensor 28 a is provided in the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28. The first grand prize opening sensor 30 a is provided in the first big prize opening 30 and detects a game ball won in the first big prize opening 30. The second grand prize opening sensor 35 a is provided in the second big prize opening 35 and detects a game ball won in the second big prize opening 35. The specific area sensor 39a is provided in the specific area 39 in the second big prize opening 35 and detects a game ball that has passed through the specific area 39. The non-specific area sensor 70a is provided in the non-specific area 70 in the second big prize opening 35 and detects a game ball that has passed through the non-specific area 70. The normal winning opening sensor 27 a is provided in each of the normal winning openings 27 and detects a game ball that has won the normal winning opening 27.

  Further, as the solenoids, the electric chew solenoid 24, the first big prize opening solenoid 33, the second big prize opening solenoid 38, and the distribution member solenoid 73 are connected. The electric chew solenoid 24 drives the movable member 23 of the electric chew 22. The first big prize opening solenoid 33 drives the opening / closing member 32 of the first big prize winning device 31. The second big prize opening solenoid 38 drives the opening / closing member 37 of the second big prize winning device 36. The distribution member solenoid 73 is for driving the distribution member 71 of the second big winning device 36.

  Further, the main control board 80 includes a first special symbol display 41a, a second special symbol display 41b, a normal symbol display 42, a first special diagram hold indicator 43a, a second special figure hold indicator 43b, A figure hold indicator 44 is connected. That is, display control of these display devices 40 is performed by the game control microcomputer 81.

  The main control board 80 transmits various commands to the payout control board 110 and receives signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. The payout control board 110 has a prize ball payout device 120, a ball payout device 130, and a card unit 135 (installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1, enabling ball lending based on information such as an inserted prepaid card. Are connected to each other, and a launching device 112 is connected via a launch control circuit 111. The launcher 112 includes a handle 60 (see FIG. 1).

  The payout control board 110 drives the prize ball motor 121 of the prize ball payout device 120 based on a signal from the game control microcomputer 81 and a signal from the card unit 135 connected to the pachinko gaming machine 1 to win a prize ball. Or paying out the rental balls by driving the rental motor 131 of the rental ball payout device 130. The prize balls to be paid out are detected by the prize ball sensor 122 for counting. In addition, the paid-out lending ball is detected by the lending sensor 132 for counting. When the player operates the handle 60 (see FIG. 1) of the launch device 112, the touch switch 114 detects contact with the handle 60, and the launch volume 115 detects the amount of rotation of the handle 60. Then, the launch motor 113 is driven so that the game ball is launched with a strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the launch volume 115. In this pachinko gaming machine 1, a single game ball is launched in about 0.6 seconds.

  The main control board 80 transmits various commands to the sub control board 90. The connection between the main control board 80 and the sub control board 90 is a unidirectional communication connection that can only transmit signals from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90. That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional circuit (not shown) as a communication direction regulating means (for example, a circuit using a diode) is interposed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an effect control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “effect control microcomputer”) 91 for controlling the effect of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted on the sub-control board 90. The effect control microcomputer 91 includes a ROM 93 that stores programs for controlling effects as the game progresses, a RAM 94 that is used as a work memory, and a CPU 92 that executes the programs stored in the ROM 93. . The effect control microcomputer 91 transmits / receives data to / from another board or the like via an input / output circuit (I / O port unit) 95. The input / output circuit 95 may be built in the effect control microcomputer 91. The ROM 93 may be externally attached.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an image control board 100, an audio control board 106, and a lamp control board 107 are connected to the sub control board 90. The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90 causes the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 to perform display control of the image display device 7 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The RAM 104 of the image control board 100 is a memory for developing image data. In the ROM 103 of the image control board 100, still image data and moving image data displayed on the image display device 7, specifically, characters, items, figures, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. (including effect designs), background images, Stores image data such as story videos. The CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads out image data from the ROM 103 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 91. Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

  Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 outputs voice, music, sound effect, and the like from the speaker 67 via the voice control board 106 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 67 is stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90. Note that a CPU may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and in that case, the CPU may execute voice control. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and acoustic data may be stored in the ROM. Further, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100, and the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 may execute sound control. Further, in this case, acoustic data may be stored in the ROM 103 of the image control board 100.

The effect control microcomputer 91 is provided in the frame lamp 66 provided in the gaming machine frame 50 and the game board 2 through the lamp control board 107 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The lighting control of the panel lamp 5 is performed. Specifically, the production control microcomputer 91 emits light pattern data (lighting / lighting) that determines the light emission mode of the lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5.
Data for determining extinction, emission color, etc., also referred to as lamp data) is generated, and emission of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5 is controlled according to the emission pattern data. Note that data stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the light emission pattern data.

  Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 operates the movable panel 15 (see FIG. 2) connected to the lamp control board 107 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The board movable body 15 is a movable so-called gimmick provided on the upper part of the center decorative body 10. The panel movable body 15 is released from the storage state (see FIG. 2) that is compactly folded and stored in the periphery (upper part in the present embodiment) of the display screen 7a. It can be displaced to an exposed state (not shown) that is exposed in front of substantially the entire region.

  Specifically, the production control microcomputer 91 creates operation pattern data (also referred to as drive data) that determines the operation mode of the movable board 15 and controls the operation of the movable board 15 according to the operational pattern data. The data stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the operation pattern data. Note that a CPU may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and in that case, the CPU may execute lamp lighting control or operation control of the movable panel 15. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and data relating to the light emission pattern and the operation pattern may be stored in the ROM.

  The sub control board 90 is connected to an effect button detection SW (switch) 63a. The effect button detection switch 63a detects that the effect button 63 (see FIG. 1) has been pressed. When the effect button 63 is pressed, a signal is output to the sub control board 90 from the effect button detection SW 63a.

3. Description of jackpot etc. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, there are “hits” and “off” as a result of the jackpot lottery (special symbol lottery). In the case of “hit”, the “hit symbol” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 41. In the case of “missing”, the “design symbol” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 41. When winning a jackpot, the winning prize opening (the first winning prize opening 30 and the second winning prize opening 35) is opened with an opening pattern corresponding to the type of special symbol (the type of jackpot) that is stopped and displayed. Is executed. The jackpot game is an example of a special game.

  In this embodiment, the jackpot game is a multi-round game (unit open game), an opening before the first round game is started (also referred to as OP), and an ending after the last round game is completed (Also expressed as ED). Each round game starts with the end of OP or the end of the previous round game, and ends with the start of the next round game or the start of ED. The closing time (interval time) of the big prize opening between round games is included in the open round game before the closing.

  There are several types of jackpots. The types of jackpots are as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in this embodiment, there are roughly two types of jackpots (V long jackpot and V short jackpot). The “V long jackpot” is a jackpot for operating the opening / closing member 32 and the opening / closing member 37 in a first opening pattern (V long opening pattern) that allows a game ball to pass through the specific area 39 during the jackpot game. The “V short jackpot” is a jackpot for operating the opening / closing member 32 and the opening / closing member 37 in a second opening pattern (V short opening pattern) in which a game ball cannot pass to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game.

  More specifically, “V long jackpot” has a total number of rounds of 16R. From 1R to 13R and 15R, the first grand prize opening 30 is opened for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R. 14R and 16R open the second grand prize opening 35 for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R. In these 14R and 16R, passage to the specific area 39 in the second big prize opening 35 is easily possible.

  On the other hand, “V short jackpot” has a total number of rounds of 16R, but a substantial total number of rounds of 13R. In other words, from 1R to 13R, the first big prize opening 30 is opened for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R, but at 15R, the first big prize opening 30 is opened only for 0.1 seconds per 1R, and 14R and Even at 16R, the second grand prize opening 35 is opened only for 0.1 seconds per 1R. Therefore, in this V short jackpot, from 14R to 16R, the opening time of the big winning opening is extremely short, and it is a round in which a prize ball cannot be expected. That is, the V short jackpot is a substantial jackpot of 13R.

  In addition, in 14R and 16R in the V short jackpot, the second grand prize opening 35 is opened, but the opening time is extremely short, and it is almost impossible for the game ball to pass through the specific area 39 in the second big prize opening 35. It is possible. In 14R and 16R in the V short jackpot, not only the opening time of the second big prize opening 35 is short, but also the opening timing of the second big prize opening 35 and the operation timing of the distribution member 71 (second state ( From the relationship with the first state (see FIG. 3 (B)) to the first state (see FIG. 3 (A)), it is almost impossible for the game ball to pass through the specific area 39. .

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, based on the passing of the game ball to the specific area 39 in the jackpot game, the gaming state after the jackpot game is shifted to a high probability state to be described later. Therefore, when the above-mentioned V long jackpot is won, the game state after the jackpot game can be shifted to the high probability state by passing the game ball to the specific area 39 during the execution of the jackpot game. On the other hand, when the V short jackpot is won, the game ball cannot be passed to the specific area 39 while the jackpot game is being executed. Therefore, the game state after the jackpot game is a normal probability state described later. (Non-high probability state).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the jackpot distribution rate in the lottery of the first special symbol (special diagram 1) is 50% for the V long jackpot and 50% for the V short jackpot. On the other hand, the jackpots won in the lottery of the second special symbol (special chart 2) are all V long jackpots. In other words, when a big win is won by a lottery based on a winning to the second starting port 21 that can be entered by executing electric support control, which will be described later, the V long jackpot is always made. Thus, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, the game ball is won at the second start port 21 rather than the big hit lottery (the lottery of the first special symbol) performed by winning the game ball at the first start port 20. The jackpot lottery (the second special symbol lottery) is set to be more advantageous for the player.

  Here, in the present pachinko gaming machine 1, the lottery for determining whether or not the jackpot is won is performed based on the “big hit random number”, and the lottery for the type of winning jackpot is performed based on the “big hit type random number”. As shown in FIG. 9A, the jackpot random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 65535. The jackpot type random number takes a value in the range of 0-9. In addition to the jackpot random number and the jackpot type random number, the random numbers acquired based on the winning at the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21 include “reach random number” and “variation pattern random number”.

  The reach random number is a random number that determines whether or not a reach is generated in the effect design variation effect indicating the result when the result of the jackpot determination is out of place. Reach is a state where there is only one effect symbol that is variably displayed among a plurality of effect symbols (decorative symbols), and depending on which symbol the effect symbol that is variably displayed is stopped and displayed. It is a state (for example, a state of “7 ↓ 7”) that is a combination of effect symbols indicating a big win. It should be noted that the effect symbols that are stopped and displayed in the reach state may be displayed as if they are slightly shaken in the display screen 7a. This reach random number takes a value in the range of 0-127.

  The variation pattern random number is a random number for determining a variation pattern including a variation time. The fluctuation pattern random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 127. In addition, the random number acquired based on the passage through the gate 28 includes a normal symbol random number (per hit random number) shown in FIG. The normal symbol random number is a random number for a lottery (ordinary symbol lottery) for determining whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 22. Normal design random numbers take values in the range of 0-255.

4). Description of the gaming state Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. The special symbol display 41 and the normal symbol display 42 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 each have a probability variation function and a variation time shortening function. A state in which the probability variation function of the special symbol display 41 is activated is referred to as a “high probability state”, and a state in which it is not activated is referred to as a “normal probability state (non-high probability state)”. In the high probability state, the jackpot probability is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, the jackpot determination is performed using a jackpot determination table in which the value of the jackpot random number determined to be a jackpot is larger than the jackpot determination table used in the normal probability state (see FIG. 10A). That is, when the probability variation function of the special symbol display 41 is activated, the probability that the display result of the special symbol variable display by the special symbol display 41 (that is, the stop symbol) becomes a jackpot symbol compared to when the special symbol display 41 is not activated. Becomes higher.

  In addition, a state in which the function for reducing the variation time of the special symbol display 41 is in operation is referred to as “time-short state”, and a state in which the special symbol display 41 is not in operation is referred to as “non-time-short state”. In the short-time state, the variation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of variation display to the time when the display result is derived and displayed) is shorter than in the non-short-time state. That is, the variation pattern is determined using a variation pattern table that is determined so that a variation pattern with a short variation time is selected more than in the non-time-short state (see FIG. 11). That is, when the function for shortening the variation time of the special symbol display 41 is activated, it is easy to select a short variation time as the variation time for the variable symbol special display as compared to when the special symbol display 41 is not activated. As a result, in the short-time state, the pace of digestion of the special figure hold increases, and an effective winning (a prize that can be stored as the special figure hold) at the starting port is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit with smooth progress of the game.

  The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 may be activated at the same time, or only one of them may be activated. The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41. That is, the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in the time-short state and do not operate in the non-time-short state. Therefore, in the short time state, the winning probability in the normal symbol lottery is higher than in the non-short time state. That is, a hit determination (ordinary symbol determination) is performed using a normal symbol per-decision determination table in which the value of the normal symbol random number determined to be a hit (per-random number) is larger than the normal symbol per-decision determination table used in a non-time-saving state ( (See FIG. 10C). That is, when the probability variation function of the normal symbol display 42 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable symbol normal display by the normal symbol display 42 becomes the normal winning symbol is higher than when the normal symbol display 42 is not activated. .

  In the short time state, the normal symbol fluctuation time is shorter than in the non-short time state. In this embodiment, the variation time of the normal symbol is 30 seconds in the non-short-time state, but is 1 second in the short-time state (see FIG. 10D). Furthermore, in the time-saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game is longer than that in the non-time-saving state (see FIG. 12). That is, the open time extension function of the electric chew 22 is activated. In addition, in the short time state, the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened in the auxiliary game is larger than that in the non-short time state (see FIG. 12). That is, the function of increasing the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened is activated.

  In the situation where the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 and the open time extension function and the number of times of opening increase function of the electric chew 22 are activated, compared to the case where these functions are not activated. Thus, the electric chew 22 is frequently opened, and game balls frequently win the second starting port 21. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of prize balls to the number of shot balls, becomes high. Therefore, a state in which these functions are activated is referred to as a “high base state”, and a state in which these functions are not activated is referred to as a “low base state”. In the high base state, it is possible to aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the hand-held game balls. The high base state is a state in which so-called electric support control (control to support winning at the second starting port 21 by the electric chew 22) is executed.

In the high base state (electric support control state), not all the functions described above may operate. That is, the operation of one or more of the probability variation function of the normal symbol display 42, the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22, and the opening frequency increasing function of the electric chew 22 Therefore, it is only necessary that the electric chew 22 be opened more easily than when the function is not activated. Further, the high base state (electric support control state) may be independently controlled without accompanying the time-short state.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the V long jackpot is a high probability state, a short time state, and a high base if the game is passed to the specific area 39 during the jackpot game. State. This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “highly accurate base state”. The high-accuracy base state is terminated when a special symbol variable display is executed a predetermined number of times (160 times in this embodiment), or when the jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed.

  In addition, the game state after the jackpot game by winning the V short jackpot is a normal probability state (non-high probability state, i.e., if the specific area 39 is not passed during the jackpot game). A low probability state), a short time state, and a high base state. This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “low-accuracy base state”. The low-accuracy base state ends when a special symbol variable display is executed a predetermined number of times (100 times in this embodiment), or when the jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed.

  When the pachinko gaming machine 1 is played for the first time, the gaming state after power-on is a normal probability state, a non-time-short state, and a low base state (non-electric support control state). This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “low probability low base state”. The low probability low base state may be referred to as a “normal game state”. A state in which a special game (a jackpot game) is being executed is referred to as a “special game state (a jackpot game state)”.

  In a high base state such as a high-accuracy high-base state or a low-accuracy high-base state, it is possible to advance the game more advantageously when the game ball is advanced to the right game area 3B (see FIG. 2) by hitting right. This is because the electric support 22 makes it easier to open the electric chew 22 than in the low base state, and it is easier to win the second starting port 21 than to win the first starting port 20. . Therefore, the player makes a right turn to win the game ball at the second starting port 21 while passing the game ball to the gate 28 which is a trigger for the normal symbol lottery. As a result, it is possible to obtain a large number of start prizes (win prizes at the start opening) rather than left-handed. In this pachinko gaming machine 1, a right-handed game is played even during a big hit game.

  On the other hand, in the low base state, it is possible to advance the game more advantageously by making the game ball enter the left game area 3A (see FIG. 2) by left-handed. Since the electric support control is not executed, the electric chew 22 is less likely to be opened than in the high base state, and it is easier to win the first start port 20 than to win the second start port 21. Because it is. Therefore, a left turn is made to win a game ball in the first starting port 20. As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger number of start prizes than right-handed.

5. Operation of Game Control Microcomputer 81 Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 will be described based on FIGS. 13 to 26, and the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described based on FIGS. First, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 will be described.

  [Main-side timer interrupt processing] The game control microcomputer 81 repeats the main-side timer interrupt processing shown in FIG. 13 every short time, for example, 4 msec. First, the game control microcomputer 81 determines a jackpot random number used for the jackpot lottery, a jackpot type random number for determining the type of jackpot, a reach random number for determining whether or not to reach the reach state in the effect design variation effect, and a variation pattern. The random number update process is performed to update the fluctuation pattern random number, the normal symbol random number (per random number) used for the normal symbol lottery (S101).

  Next, the game control microcomputer 81 performs input processing (S102). In the input process (S102), various sensors (first start port sensor 20a, second start port sensor 21a, first big prize port sensor 30a, second big prize port sensor 35a, which are mainly attached to the pachinko gaming machine 1. The detection signal detected by the normal winning opening sensor 27a (see FIG. 5) is read, and payout data for paying out a winning ball corresponding to the type of winning opening is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a start port sensor detection process (S103), which will be described later, and then executes a normal operation process (S104). In the normal operation process (S104), the normal symbol random number acquired in the start port sensor process (S103) is determined using a predetermined determination table (see FIG. 10C). And the normal symbol display (a change display and a stop display) for alerting | reporting the determination result is performed. As a result of the determination of the normal symbol random number, when the normal symbol is won, an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 22 in accordance with a predetermined release pattern (opening time and number of times of opening, see FIG. 12) according to the gaming state. Do.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes a special operation process (S105) and a specific area sensor detection process (S106) described later. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 performs an output process (S107) for outputting the commands set in the above-described processes to the sub-control board 90 or the like.

  [Starting Port Sensor Detection Process] As shown in FIG. 14, in the starting port sensor detection process (S103), first, whether or not a game ball has passed through the gate 28, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the gate sensor 28a. (S201). If the game ball has not passed through the gate 28 (NO in S201), the process proceeds to step S205. If a game ball has passed (YES in S201), the number of normal symbol holding balls (the number of normal drawing holdings, specifically, the value of the counter for counting the number of holdings of the normal drawing provided in the RAM 84) is 4 or more. It is determined whether or not there is (S202). Then, if the number of normal symbol reserved balls is 4 or more (YES in S202), the process proceeds to step S205. On the other hand, if the number of normal symbol reserved balls is not 4 or more (NO in S202), “1” is added to the number of normal symbol reserved balls (S203), and normal symbol random number acquisition processing (S204) is performed. In the normal symbol random number acquisition process (S204), the value of the normal symbol random number counter (label-TRND-H value, FIG. 40B) is acquired, and the acquired random number value is stored in the general symbol hold storage unit 86 of the RAM 84. Store in the storage area according to the current number of normal symbol holding balls.

  In step S205, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the second start port 21, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the second start port sensor 21a. If a game ball has not won at the second starting port 21 (NO at S205), the process proceeds to step S209. If a game ball has won at the second starting port 21 (YES at S205), the special figure 2 is displayed. It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls (the number of second special figure reservations, specifically the value of the counter for counting the number of second special figure reservations provided in the RAM 84) has reached four (upper limit number) ( S206). If the number of special figure 2 reserved balls has reached four (YES in S206), the process proceeds to step S209, but if the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is less than four (NO in S206). Then, “1” is added to the special figure 2 reserved ball number (S207).

  Subsequently, special figure 2 related random number acquisition processing (S208) is performed. In the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S208), the value of the jackpot random number counter (label-TRND-A value), the value of the hit type random number counter (label-TRND-AS value), the value of the reach random number counter (label) -TRND-RC value) and fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label -TRND-T1 value) (that is, the random value group shown in FIG. 40A is acquired) It stores in the storage area corresponding to the current number of reserved special figure 2 balls in the special figure storage unit 85b.

  In step S209, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 20, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the first start port sensor 20a. If the game ball has not won the first starting port 20 (NO in S209), the process is completed, but if the game ball has won the first starting port 20 (YES in S209), the special figure 1 is on hold. It is determined whether or not the number of balls (the number of the first special figure hold, specifically, the value of the counter for counting the number of the first special figure hold provided in the RAM 84) has reached four (upper limit number) (S210). ). Then, if the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1 has reached four (YES in S210), the process is terminated. If the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1 is less than four (NO in S210), Special Figure 1 Add 1 to the number of reserved balls (S211).

  Subsequently, special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing (S212) is performed. In the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (S212), similarly to the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S208), the value of the jackpot random number counter (label-TRND-A value) and the value of the hit type random number counter (label- TRND-AS value), reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value), and fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1 value) are obtained (that is, the disturbance shown in FIG. 9A). A numerical value group is acquired), and these acquired random number values are stored in a storage area corresponding to the current number of reserved special figure 1 balls in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a.

  [Special Operation Processing] As shown in FIG. 15, in the special operation processing (S105), the processing related to the special symbol display device 41 and the big winning devices (the first big winning device 31 and the second big winning device 36) is divided into four stages. “Special operation status 1, 2, 3, 4” is assigned to each of these stages. If the “special operation status” is “1” (YES in S1301), a special symbol standby process (S1302) is performed. If the “special operation status” is “2” (NO in S1301) , S1303: YES), special symbol variation processing (S1304) is performed, and if the “special action status” is “3” (NO in S1301, S1303, YES in S1305), special symbol confirmation processing (S1306) When the “special operation status” is “4” (S1301, S1303, and S1305 are all NO), the special electric accessory processing (S1307) as a big hit game is performed. The special operation status is “1” by default.

  [Special Symbol Waiting Process] As shown in FIG. 16, in the special symbol waiting process (S1302), first, whether or not the number of reserved balls at the second start port 21 (ie, the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 2) is “0”. Is determined (S1401). Special Figure 2 If the number of reserved balls is “0” (YES in S1401), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to winning at the second start port 21, the first start It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls in the mouth 20 (that is, the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1) is “0” (S1407). If the number of reserved balls in the special figure 1 is also “0” (YES in S1407), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to winning in the first starting port 20, it has already been It is determined whether or not the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 is set as a standby screen (a demo screen for waiting for customers) (S1413). If so (YES in S1413), the process ends. If not (S1413) NO), after waiting for elapse of a predetermined standby time, a customer standby command for displaying a standby screen is set (S1414).

  In step S1401, if the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 2 is not “0” (NO in S1401), that is, storing a random number counter value group acquired due to winning at the second starting port 21 (holding information in Special Figure 2) ) Is performed, a special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) and a special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) described later are performed. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the special figure 2 reserved ball number by one (S1404). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the second special figure storage unit 85b is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the fourth special figure storage unit 85b holds the fourth. The corresponding storage area (the storage area farthest from the read side) is cleared (S1405). In this way, the second special figure hold is digested in the order in which it was put on hold. Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 2 fluctuation start processing (S1406). In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406), the special operation status is set to “2” and the fluctuation start command is set to start the fluctuation display of the second special symbol. The fluctuation start command (also referred to as the special figure 2 fluctuation start command) set in the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406) includes the special figure stop symbol data set in the special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402). Information and information on the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) (information including fluctuation time information) are included.

  Also, when the figure 2 reserved ball number is “0” but the figure 1 reserved ball number is not “0” (YES in S1401 and NO in S1407), that is, there is no hold information of the special figure 2, When there is one or more random number counter value group storages (holding information of special figure 1) acquired due to winning at one start port 20, special figure 1 big hit determination processing (S1408) and special figure described later One variation pattern selection process (S1409) is performed. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the special figure 1 reserved ball number by one (S1410). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the fourth hold in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a. The storage area corresponding to (the storage area farthest from the read side) is cleared (S1411). In this way, the first special figure hold is digested in the order in which it was put on hold. Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 1 fluctuation start processing (S1412). In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412), the special operation status is set to "2" and the fluctuation start command is set to start the fluctuation display of the first special symbol. The fluctuation start command (also referred to as the special figure 1 fluctuation start command) set in the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412) includes the special figure stop symbol data set in the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408). Information and information on the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409) (information including fluctuation time information) are included.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the special symbol change display based on the first special figure hold is performed only when the second special figure hold is “0” (YES in S1401). That is, the digestion of the second special figure hold is executed in preference to the digestion of the first special figure hold. In the present embodiment, the lottery based on the second special figure hold is more likely to win the big hit (V long jackpot) having a larger profit for the player than the lottery based on the first special figure hold (FIG. 7). reference).

  [Special Figure 2 Big Hit Determination Process (Special Figure 1 Big Hit Determination Process)] The special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402) and the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408) are based on FIG. It explains collectively. As shown in FIG. 17, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) or the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), first, a jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value) is read as a determination value (S1501). ). More specifically, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402), it is stored in the first storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b of the RAM 84 (that is, the storage area corresponding to the first of the second special figure reservation). Read the jackpot random number counter value. In the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408), the big hit stored in the first storage area of the first special figure holding storage unit 85a of the RAM 84 (that is, the first storage area corresponding to the first special figure holding). Read the random number counter value.

  Next, the address of the jackpot determination table (FIG. 10A) is set (S1502). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not it is in a high probability state (S1503). If it is not a high probability state (NO in S1503), that is, if it is a normal probability state (non-high probability state), a table for non-high probability state (big hit determination) in the jackpot determination table (FIG. 10A). Whether the value is a big hit or not is determined based on “0” to “164”) (S1504). On the other hand, if the state is a high probability state (YES in S1503), is the big hit based on the table for the high probability state (the jackpot determination value is “0” to “649”) in the jackpot determination table (FIG. 10A)? It is determined whether or not (S1505).

  If the result of the jackpot determination (S1504, S1505) is “big hit”, the jackpot type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS value) is read and the jackpot type is determined based on the jackpot type determination table shown in FIG. (S1506). After determining the jackpot type (S1506), the jackpot flag is turned ON (S1507), and special figure stop symbol data (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the jackpot type is set in the jackpot type buffer provided in the RAM 84 (S1508). ) Finish the process. On the other hand, if the result of the jackpot determination (S1504, S1505) is “lost”, the special figure stop symbol data (01H) corresponding to the lost symbol is set (S1508) and the processing is terminated.

  [Special Figure 2 Fluctuation Pattern Selection Process (Special Figure 1 Fluctuation Pattern Selection Process)] The special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) and the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409) have the same process flow. A description will be given based on FIGS. 18 and 19. As shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) or the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), first, whether or not the gaming state is the short time state (whether or not the short time flag is ON) ) Is determined (S1601). If it is not the time saving state (NO in S1601), that is, if it is not the time saving state, it is subsequently determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1602). If it is ON (YES in S1602), it is further determined whether or not the winning jackpot type is V long jackpot based on the set special figure stop symbol data (S1603). If it is a V long jackpot (YES in S1603), refer to the V long jackpot table during the non-time-short state (the portion corresponding to the non-time-short state and V long jackpot in the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11), A variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1 value) (S1604).

  Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P1, P2 or P3 is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and P21 is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403). The variation pattern P1 is a variation pattern that is selected when the special figure stop symbol data is “11H” (see FIG. 7), and the final stop symbol in the decorative symbol variation effect is a gold symbol (V long). The variation pattern is a symbol that can be selected only when it is a big hit, specifically, a symbol “3”, “5”, or “7”. On the other hand, the variation pattern P2 or P3 is a variation pattern that is selected when the special figure stop symbol data is “12H” (see FIG. 7), and represents the final stop symbol in the variation effect of the decorative symbol. Silver symbols (designs that can be selected for V long jackpots or V short jackpots, specifically “1”, “2”, “4”, “6” or “8” symbols) It is a fluctuation pattern. As shown in FIG. 11, if the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined.

  In step S1603 of FIG. 18, if the V long jackpot is not (NO in S1603), the V short jackpot is won, so the V short jackpot table during the non-time-short state (the non-time-short among the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11). The variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the state and the portion corresponding to the V short jackpot (S1605). Specifically, the variation pattern P4 is selected in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409). In the special drawing 2 lottery, the V-short jackpot will not be won.

  In step S1602, if the jackpot flag is not ON (NO in S1602), it is determined whether or not the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) is a reach-achieved random number value (S1606). As shown in FIG. 10B, the reach establishment random number value is “0” to “13” in the non-short-time state, and “0” to “5” in the time-short state. That is, the time-short state is less likely to reach when lost than the non-time-short state. This is in order to increase the speed of digestion of special figure hold by making more reachless loses with short fluctuation times in the short time state selected.

  When the reach random number counter value is a reach establishment random number value (YES in S1606), that is, when there is a reach loss, the reach loss table during the non-time-short state (the non-time-short state among the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11) The variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the portion corresponding to the loss with reach) (S1607). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P5 or P6 or P7 or P8 is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and P22 or P23 is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403). .

  When the reach random number counter value is not the reach establishment random number value (NO in S1606), that is, when there is no reach loss, the reach-less loss table during the non-time-short state (the non-time-short state of the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. The variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the part corresponding to the loss without reach) (S1608). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P9 or P10 is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and P24 or P25 is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403). It should be noted that a shortening / variation function corresponding to the number of reserved balls may be activated at the time of losing without reach. That is, when the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is “3” or “4”, a variation pattern with a short variation time is selected compared to when the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is “0” to “2”. You may be made to do.

  Further, when it is determined in step S1601 that the gaming state is the short-time state (YES in S1601), as shown in FIG. 19, the reference variation pattern determination table is the table in the short-time state (the variation pattern shown in FIG. 11). The processing (S1609 to S1615) is performed in the same flow as steps S1602 to S1608 except that the determination table is set to a portion corresponding to the short time state. That is, if the V long jackpot, the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the portion corresponding to the V long jackpot in the time-short state of FIG. 11 (S1611). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P11 is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and the fluctuation pattern P31 is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403).

  If it is a V-short jackpot, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the portion corresponding to the V-short jackpot in the time-short state of FIG. 11 (S1612). Specifically, the variation pattern P12 is selected in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409). In the special drawing 2 lottery, the V-short jackpot will not be won. If it is a loss with reach, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the portion corresponding to the loss with reach in the short-time state of FIG. 42 (S1614). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P13 (SP reach loss) is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and the fluctuation pattern P32 (SP reach loss) is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403). It becomes. If the loss is not reached, the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the portion corresponding to the lossless reach in the time-short state of FIG. 11 (S1615). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P14 or P15 is selected in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409), and the fluctuation pattern P33 or P34 is selected in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403).

  In the variation pattern determination table during the short-time state (the portion corresponding to the short-time state in the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 11), the function of the shortening variation according to the number of retained balls at the time of loss without reach is the number of retained balls “ You may make it work at the time of "2"-"4". That is, the shortening variation may be selected more easily than in the non-time-short state. Then, the variation time as the shortening variation may be shorter in the time-short state than in the non-time-short state. In other words, the variation pattern determination table during the time reduction state may be a table in which the variation time of the special symbol is shorter than the variation pattern determination table during the non-time reduction state.

  After the variation pattern is selected as described above, the selected variation pattern is set as shown in FIG. 18 (S1616), and this process is terminated. The set variation pattern information is included in the variation start command and sent to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101).

  [Special Symbol Variation Processing] As shown in FIG. 20, in the special symbol variation processing (S1304), first, the special symbol variation time (variation time determined according to the variation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, FIG. 11). It is determined whether or not (see) has elapsed (S1701). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1701), this process is immediately terminated. Thereby, the variable display of the special symbol is continued.

  On the other hand, if the variation time has elapsed (YES in S1701), the variation stop command is set (S1702), and the special operation status is set to “3” (S1703). Then, after performing other processing such as stopping the special symbol variation display with the symbol (big hit symbol or lost symbol) corresponding to the set special symbol stop symbol data (S1704), this processing is ended.

  [Special Symbol Determination Process] As shown in FIG. 21, in the special symbol determination process (S1306), first, a game state management process (S1801) described later is performed. Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1802). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1802), an open pattern (see FIGS. 7 and 8 for details) corresponding to the type of the jackpot that has been won is set (S1803). At this time, the value of the round counter that counts the number of unit-open games (round games) executed during the jackpot game is set to the number of rounds according to the type of jackpot that has been won.

  The game control microcomputer 81 performs a game state reset process, which will be described later, following step S1803 (S1804). Thereafter, in order to start the jackpot game, the jackpot opening command (see FIG. 7) is set (S1805), the jackpot game opening is started (S1806), and the special operation status is set to “4” (S1807). .

  If the jackpot flag is not ON in step S1802 (NO in S1802), since the jackpot game is not started, the special operation status is set to “1” (S1808), and the process ends.

  [Game State Management Process] As shown in FIG. 22, in the game state management process (S1801), it is first determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON (S2001). If it is ON, the special symbol executed during the high probability state is determined. The value of the probability variation counter that counts the number of fluctuations is decremented by 1 (S2002), it is determined whether the value of the probability variation counter is “0” (S2003), and if it is “0”, the probability variation flag is turned OFF ( S2004). If the determination result in step S2001 or S2003 is NO, the process proceeds to step S2005. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the value of the probability variation counter is set to “160” when shifting to the high probability state. This point will be described later.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is ON (S2005). If it is ON, the value of the time reduction counter that counts the number of special symbol changes executed during the time reduction state is decremented by 1 (S2006). It is determined whether or not the value of the counter is “0” (S2007). If it is “0”, the time reduction flag is turned off (S2008). If the determination result in step S2005 or S2007 is NO, the process proceeds to step S2009. In this pachinko machine 1, the value of the hour / hour counter is set to “100” in the low accuracy / high base state at the time of shifting to the time reduction state, and the value of the hour / hour counter is “160” in the high accuracy / high base state. To be set. This point will be described later.

  Thereafter, the gaming control microcomputer 81 sets a gaming state designation command including information on the current gaming state in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S2009), and ends this process.

  [Game State Reset Process] As shown in FIG. 23, in the game state reset process (S1804), it is first determined whether or not the probability change flag is ON (S2101). If it is ON, the probability change flag is turned OFF (S2102). In addition, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is ON (S2103). If it is ON, the time reduction flag is turned OFF (S2104). In other words, during the execution of the jackpot game, the non-high probability state and the non-short-time state are controlled. In this embodiment, since the low base state is always in the non-time-short state, the low base state is also controlled during the execution of the big hit game.

  [Special Electric Property Processing] As shown in FIG. 24, in the special electric material processing (S1307), it is first determined whether or not the jackpot end flag is ON (S2201). The jackpot end flag is a flag indicating that all the opening of the big winning devices (the first big winning device 31 and the second big winning device 36) has been completed in the running big hit game.

  If the jackpot end flag is not ON (NO in S2201), whether or not the big prize opening (first big prize opening 30 or second big prize opening 35) is being opened (that is, whether or not the big prize winning device is being opened). Is determined (S2202). If it is not open (NO in S2202), whether or not it is time to open the big prize opening (first big prize opening 30 or second big prize opening 35), that is, the first time after the jackpot opening time has passed It is determined whether or not it has reached the opening start time in the round game, or the opening time has elapsed after the interval time (closing time) until the once closed big prize opening is opened again (S2203). ).

  If the decision result in the step S2203 is NO, the process is finished as it is. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S2203 is YES, it is judged whether or not the currently executed jackpot game is a jackpot game as a V long jackpot (S2204). If not the V long jackpot, the process proceeds to step S2207. If the V long jackpot is reached, it is determined whether it is the timing to start the 14th round or the 16th round to open the second big prize opening 35, that is, the round counter. Whether the value of “3” is “3” or “1” is determined (S2205). If it is not time to start the second round (NO in S2205), the process proceeds to step S2207. On the other hand, if it is the timing for starting the second round (YES in S2205), the V valid period setting process (S2206) is performed.

  In the V validity period setting process (S2206), the specific area sensor 39a is used for several seconds during the opening of the second big prize opening 35 and after the second big prize opening 35 is closed in the fourteenth and sixteenth rounds of the V long jackpot. Is set to a V valid period for determining that the detection of the game ball is valid. In this embodiment, a period other than this (including the case where no jackpot game is being executed) is set as a V invalid period in which the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is invalid. Here, determining that the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is valid means turning on the V flag based on the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a (specific area sensor detection process (FIG. 26) described later). That is). The determination that the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a is invalid means that the V flag is not turned ON even if the detection of the game ball by the specific area sensor 39a. The V valid period includes a few seconds after the second grand prize opening 35 is closed. The game ball may win the second big prize opening 35 immediately before the second big prize opening 35 is closed. Is taken into consideration.

  That is, in this embodiment, the V flag is turned ON only when the V passage during the V effective period (game ball passing to the specific area 39) is detected, and the V flag is detected when the V passage outside the V effective period (during the V invalid period) is detected. Is not turned on. When the V flag is ON, the probability variation flag is turned ON, that is, the gaming state after the big hit game is set to a high probability state (see the gaming state setting process (FIG. 25) described later). By doing so, the V flag is not turned on based on the passage of V due to fraud, that is, the high probability state is not set.

  In step S2207, the big winning opening (the first big winning opening 30 or the second big winning opening 35) is opened in accordance with an opening pattern (see FIGS. 7 and 8) according to the type of jackpot. Note that the sorting member 71 always moves with a constant motion from the start of the jackpot game (or round game). In the V long jackpot opening pattern (V long opening pattern), the opening / closing member 37 is opened so that the game balls won in the second big winning opening 35 can pass through the specific area 39 with a margin in the 14th and 16th rounds. Is done. On the other hand, in the V short jackpot opening pattern (V short opening pattern), the opening / closing member 37 is opened so that it is almost impossible to win the second big winning opening 35 in the 14th and 16th rounds. . In addition, in the V short opening pattern, even if the game ball can win the second grand prize opening 35, the opening timing of the opening / closing member 37 with respect to the operation of the sorting member 71 is prevented so that it cannot pass through the specific area 39. Is set.

  In a succeeding step S2208, a round designation command transmission determination process is performed. In the round designation command transmission determination process (S2208), it is determined whether or not the opening of the big winning opening in step S2207 is the first release in one round game. A round designation command (see FIG. 7) including information on the number of rounds is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the large winning opening is not opened a plurality of times during one round game. Therefore, in this step S2208, a round designation command is always set.

  If the special winning opening (first large winning opening 30 or second large winning opening 35) is being opened in step S2202 of the special electric accessory processing (FIG. 24) (YES in S2202), the closing condition of the large winning opening Whether or not is established is determined (S2209). In this embodiment, the closing condition is that the number of winning prizes in the round winning game in the round game has reached the prescribed maximum winning quantity (in this embodiment, 8 per round), or the time for closing the winning prize opening. One of the achievements (that is, a predetermined opening time (see FIG. 39) has elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening) is satisfied. If the closing condition for the special prize opening is not satisfied (NO in S2209), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the closing condition of the big prize opening is satisfied (YES in S2209), the big prize opening (the first big prize opening 30 or the second big prize opening 35) is closed (closed) ( S2210). If one round game is ended by closing step S2210 (YES in S2211), the value of the round counter is decremented by 1 (S2212), and whether or not the value of the round counter is “0”. Determination is made (S2213). If it is not “0” (NO in S2213), the process is finished to start the next round game.

  On the other hand, if it is “0” (YES in S2213), a jackpot ending command (see FIG. 7) is set as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game (S2214), and the jackpot ending is started (S2215). Then, the jackpot end flag is set and the process ends (S2216).

  If the jackpot end flag is ON in step S2201 (YES in S2201), the final round has ended, so it is determined whether the jackpot ending time has elapsed (S2217) and the ending time has elapsed. If not (NO in S2217), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2217), the jackpot end flag is turned off (S2218), the jackpot flag is turned off (S2219), and the special operation status is set to “1” (S2220). Thus, in the next main timer interrupt process, the special symbol standby process (S1302) is executed again as the special operation process (FIG. 15). Thereafter, a game state setting process (S2221) described later is performed, and this process is terminated.

  [Game State Setting Process] As shown in FIG. 25, in the game state setting process (S2221), it is first determined whether or not the V flag is ON (S2301). If the V flag is not ON (NO in S2301), the hour / hour flag is turned ON (S2302), a predetermined number (eg, “100”) is set in the hour / hour counter (S2303), and the process proceeds to step S2309. As a result, the gaming state after the current jackpot game becomes a non-high probability state, a short time state, and a high base state (that is, a low probability high base state). This low-accuracy base state ends when either of the special symbol variable display is performed 100 times or the next jackpot is won.

  On the other hand, if the V flag is ON in step S2301, the probability variation flag is turned on (S2304), and “160” is set in the probability variation counter (S2305). Thereafter, the V flag is turned OFF (S2306). Subsequently, the time reduction flag is turned on (S2307), a predetermined number (eg, “160”) is set in the time reduction counter (S2308), and the process proceeds to step S2309. As a result, the gaming state after the current jackpot game becomes a high probability state, a short time state, and a high base state (that is, a highly accurate high base state). This high-accuracy base state ends when the special symbol variable display is performed 160 times or the next jackpot is won.

  In step S2309, the gaming control microcomputer 81 sets a gaming state designation command including information on the gaming state that has been set in the output buffer of the RAM 84. Then, the game state setting process ends.

  [Specific Area Sensor Detection Process] As shown in FIG. 26, in the specific area sensor detection process (S106), the game control microcomputer 81 first determines whether or not a game ball has been detected by the specific area sensor 39a (S2401). . In the present embodiment, the game ball is detected by the specific area sensor 39a only when the sorting member 71 is controlled to the first state (FIG. 3A). If there is no detection in step S2401 (NO in S2401), the process is terminated, but if there is a detection (YES in S2401), it is determined whether or not the V valid period is in effect (S2402). The V effective period is a period set in the V effective period setting process (S2206) in the special electric accessory process (FIG. 24) described above. The V effective period is set as a period during the 14th and 16th rounds of the V long jackpot.

  If it is determined in step S2402 that the V valid period is in effect (YES in S2402), the V flag is turned on (S2403), a V passing command is set (S2404), and this process ends. The V passing command is a command for causing the sub-control board 90 to notify V passing.

6). Operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 In parallel with the above-described processing in the game control microcomputer 81, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs the processes shown in FIGS. 27 to 33 and the processes shown in FIGS. The operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described below.

  [Sub-side timer interrupt process] The effect control microcomputer 91 repeats the sub-side timer interrupt process as shown in FIG. 27 every predetermined short time. In the sub timer interrupt process, a received command analysis process (S4301) and a command transmission process (S4302) are performed.

  In the command transmission process (S4302), various commands set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 in the received command analysis process are transmitted to the image control board 100. When the command transmission process is executed, the image control board 100 that has received the various commands uses the image display device 7 to perform various effects (variation effects and jackpot effects accompanying the jackpot game (opening effects, round effects, ending effects). ), A customer waiting effect, a 12-mass throttle effect, which will be described later, and the like. The sub control board 90 outputs sound from the speaker 67 via the sound control board 106 or the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp via the lamp control board 107 as various effects are executed by the image control board 100. 66 is caused to emit light.

  [Reception Command Analysis Processing] As shown in FIG. 28, in the reception command analysis processing (S4301), the production control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not a variation start command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4401). If so, a variation production start process (S4402) described later is performed.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a change stop command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4403), and if received, changes effect end processing (S4404) is performed. In the variation effect end processing (S4404), the variation stop command is analyzed, and a variation effect end command for ending the variation effect is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 based on the analysis result.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not an opening command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4405), and if received, performs an opening effect selection process described later (S4406).

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a round designation command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4407), and if received, performs a round effect selection process described later (S4408).

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not an ending command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4409), and if received, performs an ending effect selection process described later (S4410).

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a V pass command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4411), and if received, performs a V pass notification effect start process (S4412). In the V pass notification effect start process (S4412), a V pass notification effect start command for starting the V pass notification effect is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94. The V pass notification effect is an effect for notifying the player that there has been a V pass. This form is an effect of displaying a predetermined V passage notification image (for example, a character image indicating a character “V”) on the display screen 7a. Note that the V passing notification effect may be in other forms such as outputting a special sound effect from the speaker 67.

  Subsequently, as another process (S4413), a process based on a received command other than the above command (for example, a gaming state status value indicating the current gaming state is set based on a gaming state designation command in order to grasp the gaming state) And the received command analysis process is completed.

  [Variation Effect Start Process] As shown in FIG. 29, in the change effect start process (S4402), the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes a change start command (S4501). The change start command includes information on the change pattern set in the change pattern selection process (FIG. 18). The information on the variation pattern includes information on whether it is the variation start of FIG. 1 or the variation start of FIG. 2, gaming state information designating the current gaming state, and jackpot determination of FIG. 1 or FIG. Symbol information and the like for designating symbols as processing determination results are included. Note that the game state information, symbol information, and the like acquired by the effect control microcomputer 91 can be used as appropriate in processes executed thereafter.

  Next, the production control microcomputer 91 refers to the current mode status (S4502). The mode status is for determining an effect mode to be executed. As shown in FIG. 34, the mode status takes values from “1” to “5”, and each value is assigned to the rendering modes A to E.

  Here, the effect mode is an aspect of the effect in the image display device 7. When the effect mode is different, the image displayed on the image display device 7 is different, such as the characters and items that appear, and the background image is different. The variable display effect is also executed in a manner corresponding to the effect mode. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 34, the production mode A, the production mode D, and the production mode E are executed when being controlled to the low probability low base state.

  That is, in the low probability low base state, the effect mode A, the effect mode D, or the effect mode E is executed. When the effect mode A or the effect mode D is executed, if the jackpot is not being executed, as shown in FIG. 2, three effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R are variably displayed on the display screen 7a. When the effect mode E is executed for these, as shown in FIG. 35, a 12-mass throttle image 7X is displayed on the display screen 7a. Then, in each of the twelve variable display portions 7b displayed in the 12-mass throttle image 7X, an effect design (identification information, see FIG. 40) 8X described later is variably displayed.

  In the following, among the effect symbol variable display effects, an effect in which the three effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R are variably displayed on the display screen 7a is referred to as a “normal variable display effect” and is displayed as a 12-mass throttle image 7X. An effect in which the effect symbol 8X is variably displayed in each of the twelve variable display portions 7b is referred to as a “12 mass throttle effect”. The 12-mass throttle effect will be described in detail later.

  The effect mode B is executed when the low-accuracy base state is controlled. In other words, the effect mode B is the electric support control state (low accuracy high base state) in which the effect symbol variable display can be executed 100 times after winning the V short jackpot, or the V long jackpot winning as will be described later. Even if it does not pass V during the V effective period, it is an effect mode. The effect mode C is executed when the high-accuracy base state is controlled. In other words, the production mode C is a production mode in the electric support control state (highly accurate high base state) in which the production symbol variable display can be executed 160 times when the V winning is won after winning the V long jackpot. .

  In the variation effect start process (S4402), following the mode status reference (S4502), it is determined whether or not the referred mode status is “5”, that is, whether or not the effect mode is E (S4503). If the mode status is not “5”, the process proceeds to step S4504, and a variation effect pattern table for determining a variation effect pattern is set (S4504). On the other hand, if the mode status is “5”, 12-mass variation effect pattern creation processing (S4505) is executed. The 12-mass variation effect pattern creation process (S4505) will be described in detail later.

  When the variation effect pattern table is set in step S4504 (S4504), a variation effect pattern corresponding to the effect mode indicated by the referred mode status is selected based on this table (S4506). ). At this time, the random number for effect determination is also acquired and determined. As a result, it is determined what kind of effect is to be performed as the effect symbol variable display effect, including the contents of the notice effect such as the so-called step-up notice effect and the chance-up notice effect, and the combination of the effect symbols to be stopped and displayed. .

  Also in the 12-mass variation effect pattern creation process (S4505), it is determined what effects are to be performed on the 12 variable display portions 7b displayed in the 12-mass throttle image 7X, and the variation effect pattern is selected (created). ). In this way, the variation effect start command for starting the effect symbol variable display effect is set with the variation effect pattern selected in step S4506 or step S4505 (S4507), and the variation effect start process is ended.

  When the variable effect start command set in step S4507 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4302), the CPU of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined effect image from the ROM, and displays the image display device. The normal variable display effect as shown in FIG. 2 or the 12-mass throttle effect as shown in FIG. 35 is performed on the display screen 7a.

  [Variation Effect End Process] As shown in FIG. 30, in the change effect end process (S4404), the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the change stop command (S1702) (S4601) and refers to the mode status (see FIG. 30). S4602). Next, it is determined whether or not the mode status is “1”, that is, whether or not the production mode is A (S4603). If the mode status is “1”, the process proceeds to step S4611. On the other hand, if the mode status is not “1”, the value M (see FIG. 34) of the effect mode counter corresponding to the current effect mode is decremented by 1 (S4604), and the value does not become “0”. (NO in S4605), the process proceeds to step S4611. On the other hand, if the value M of the effect mode counter is “0”, the process proceeds to step S4606 to change the effect mode.

  The value M of the effect mode counter is a value that is set when the effect mode is changed (shifted), as shown in FIG. 34, and is the maximum that the effect symbol is variably displayed in the corresponding effect mode. Means the number of times. When the mode is changed to the effect mode B after the V short hit, the value Mb of the effect mode counter is set to 100. In addition, when the mode is changed to the effect mode C after the V long hit, the value Mc of the effect mode counter is set to 160. As will be described later, when the effect mode C is changed to the effect mode D, the effect mode counter value Md is set to 4. When the effect mode D is changed to the effect mode E, the effect mode counter value Me is 30. Set. In effect mode A, the value of the effect mode counter is not set.

  In step S4606, it is determined whether or not the mode status is “3”, that is, whether or not it is the production mode C (S4603). If the mode status is “3” (YES in S4603), “4” is set in the mode status in order to change to the production mode D. In other words, when a deviation is executed 160 times in the highly probable base state, the value Mc of the mode counter (see FIG. 34) becomes “0” (YES in S4605). At this time, since the mode status is “3” (YES in S4606), the mode status is changed to “4” and the rendering mode D is executed.

  On the other hand, if the mode status is not “3” in step S4606, it is determined whether or not the mode status is “4”, that is, whether or not it is the production mode D (S4608). If the mode status is “4” (YES in S4608), “5” is set in the mode status in order to change to the production mode E. That is, when the display mode variable display is executed four times after changing to the effect mode D, the value Md (see FIG. 34) of the mode counter becomes “0” (YES in step S4605). At this time, since the mode status is “4” (YES in step S4608), the mode status is changed to “5” and the rendering mode E is executed.

  In contrast, the value M of the mode counter becomes “0” (YES in S4605), and the mode status is not “3” or “4” (when the mode status is “5”) (S4606 and S4608). In both cases, the mode status “1” is set to return to the production mode A (S4610), and the process proceeds to step S4611. That is, when the deviation is executed with the effect symbol variable display 100 times in the low-accuracy base state, the value Mb (see FIG. 34) of the mode counter becomes “0” (YES in S4605). At this time, since the mode status is “2” (both NO in S4606 and S4608), the mode status is changed to “1” and the rendering mode A is executed.

  In addition, when the display is changed 30 times after changing to the effect mode E, the value Me (see FIG. 34) of the mode counter becomes “0” (YES in S4605). At this time, since the mode status is “5” (both NO in S4606 and S4608), the mode status is changed to “1” and the rendering mode A is executed. That is, the 12-mass throttle effect corresponding to the effect mode E ends when the effect symbol variable display is executed 30 times, and thereafter the normal variable display effect is executed. After proceeding to step S4611 through the processing of step S4603, step S4605, step S4607, step S4609, and step S4610, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets a variable effect end command for ending the effect symbol variable display effect.

  In this way, in this embodiment, when the V long jackpot is won and the state shifts to the high-accuracy and high-base state and the effect symbol variable display is executed 160 times, the effect mode C is changed to the effect mode D. When the effect mode D is being executed, the low probability and low base state is set, and if the jackpot is not won, the effect symbol variable display is executed four times. When the effect symbol variable display is finished four times, the effect mode D is changed to the effect mode E (based on the start condition being satisfied), and the 12-mass throttle effect is executed (see FIG. 35). When the 12-mass throttle effect is being executed, the low probability and low base state is set, and if the jackpot is not won, 30 effect symbol variable displays are executed. When the effect symbol variable display 30 times is finished, the effect mode E is changed to the effect mode A, and the normal variable display effect is executed (see FIG. 2).

  As described above, the effect mode D is an effect mode for shifting from the effect mode C to the effect mode E, and the same background image as the effect mode C is displayed on the display screen 7a, and the effect is performed up to four times. This is an effect mode for executing variable symbol display. Here, in the high-accuracy high-base state in which the effect mode C is executed, the special figure 2 suspension is likely to be accumulated due to the execution of the electric support control, and the special figure is displayed when the high-accuracy high-base state is switched to the low-accuracy low-base state. 2 It can happen that the number of balls on hold reaches four.

  Therefore, even if the number of reserved special figure 2 balls reaches 4 when the mode is switched to the production mode D, the special figure 2 reservation is surely digested during the execution of the production mode D. As a result, when the effect mode D is switched to the effect mode E, all the special figure 2 reservations have been consumed, and during the execution of the effect mode E (12 mass throttle effect) Based on the special figure 1 hold, the effect design variable display is executed. That is, in the 12-mass throttle effect, not the special drawing 2 lottery but the special effect that determines whether or not the big win is obtained in the special drawing 1 lottery is mainly executed.

  [Opening Effect Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 31, in the opening effect selection process (S4406), the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the opening command (see FIG. 7) (S4701). Then, based on the analyzed opening command, an opening effect pattern selection process is performed for selecting a special game effect pattern (contents) to be executed during the special game (big hit game) (S4702). Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets an opening effect start command for starting the opening effect with the selected opening effect pattern (S4703).

  [Round Effect Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 32, in the round effect selection process (S4408), first, a round designation command (see FIG. 24) is analyzed (S4801). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the currently executed jackpot is “V long jackpot” (S4802). Information regarding the type of jackpot currently being executed (symbol information indicating the type of jackpot won) is included in the round designation command. Information regarding the type of jackpot currently being executed may be acquired with reference to the symbol information acquired at the time of analysis of the change start command.

  If the V long jackpot is determined in step S4802, it is subsequently determined whether or not the currently executed round game is the 13th round game (S4803). If it is the 13th round game, a round effect accompanied by a V driving notification effect is selected (S4804), a round effect start command for executing the round effect is set (S4809), and this process is terminated. . The V driving notification effect is an effect of notifying that a game ball should be driven so as to pass through the specific area 39. In this embodiment, the V driving notification effect is an effect of displaying a V driving notification image (for example, an arrow image indicating the position of the specific region 39) on the display screen 7a.

  On the other hand, if NO in step S4802 or S4803, that is, if it is not the V long jackpot or if it is not the 13R round game even if it is a V long jackpot, then it will be finalized with a variable effect before the start of this jackpot game. In step S4805, it is determined whether the decorative symbol that is stopped and displayed is a silver symbol. If it is a silver symbol, it is subsequently determined whether or not the currently executed round game is a round game of a specific round (11R in this embodiment) (S4806). If the result of this determination is YES, a round effect pattern of the hit type notification effect is selected (S4807), a round effect start command for executing the hit type notification effect is set (S4809), and the process ends. .

  That is, in this embodiment, the hit type notification effect is performed in a specific round of the jackpot game started after the jackpot winning notification with the silver symbol. The winning category notification effect is an effect of notifying the winning jackpot type. Specifically, in this embodiment, a battle effect in which a hero character (first character) and an enemy character (second character) perform a battle is executed on the display screen 7a as a hit type notification effect. In the winning type effect that is executed by winning the V long jackpot, an effect image in which the hero character wins the enemy character is displayed on the display screen 7a. On the other hand, in the hit type notification effect executed by winning the V short jackpot, an effect image in which the hero character is defeated by the enemy character is displayed on the display screen 7a. In other words, in this winning type notification effect, the hero character's victory means winning notification for the V long jackpot, and the defeat of the hero character means winning notification for the V short jackpot.

  If NO in step S4805 or S4806, another round effect is selected (S4808), a round effect start command for executing the round effect is set (S4809), and this process ends.

  [Ending Effect Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 33, in the ending effect selection process (S4410), an ending command (see FIG. 24) is first analyzed (S4901). Next, mode status change processing (S4902) is performed. In the mode status change process (S4902), as shown in FIG. 34, the mode status is set to “2” if the special game to be ended is a V-short jackpot. If it is a V long jackpot but there is no V passing during the V valid period of the jackpot game, the mode status is set to “2”. Also, if the V long jackpot and there is V passing during the V valid period of the jackpot game, the mode status is set to “3”. The initial value of the mode status is “1”.

  By such a change in the mode status, the effect mode in the effect symbol variable display effect that is executed in parallel with the next variation display of the special symbol is changed to the effect mode corresponding to the changed mode status. In other words, if you win a V long jackpot in the jackpot lottery and there is a V pass during the V validity period of that special game, in parallel with the first special symbol variation display after the execution of the special game, The production mode C is executed. This notifies the player that the current gaming state is a high probability state.

  Further, in the mode status change process (S4902), an upper limit is set to the value M of the effect mode counter corresponding to the changed effect mode in order to set an upper limit for the number of special symbol fluctuation display in the effect mode after the change. . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 34, when the mode is changed to the production mode B, the value Mb of the production mode counter is set to 100 (at the time of V short big hit) or 160 (at the time of V long big hit and no V passage during the V effective period). 160 is set. Further, when changing to the effect mode C, 160 is set to the value Mc of the effect mode counter. Further, when changing to the effect mode D, the value Md of the effect mode counter is set to 4, and when changing to the effect mode E, 30 is set to the effect mode counter Me. If the V long big hit and there is no V passing during the V effective period, 100 may be set to the value Mb of the effect mode counter.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 refers to the mode status (S4903), and performs an ending effect pattern selection process for selecting an ending effect pattern (contents) based on the analyzed ending command and the referred mode status (S4904). ). The ending effect is an effect executed during the ending of the special game. Then, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets an ending effect start command for starting the ending effect with the selected ending effect pattern (S4905).

  When the ending effect start command set in step S4905 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4302), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined ending effect image from the ROM 103 and displays the image. It is displayed on the display screen 7a of the device 7. For example, as the ending effect when there is V passing during the V effective period with the V long jackpot, the one that displays the characters “effect mode C entry” on the display screen 7a is selected.

7.12 Mass Throttle Effect Next, a 12 mass throttle effect will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 35, the 12-mass throttle effect is obtained by displaying the 12-mass throttle image 7X on the display screen 7a of the image display device (effect display means) 7, and displaying the effect symbol 8X on each of the 12 variable display portions 7b. It is an effect that performs variable display. As shown in FIG. 35, in the 12-mass throttle image 7X, three variable display sections 7b are arranged in the vertical direction and four variable display sections 7b are arranged in the horizontal direction, so that a total of 12 variable display sections are arranged. 7b is displayed in a horizontally long rectangular shape. In the following, the horizontal arrangement is distinguished by “rows” from the top to the bottom, and the vertical arrangement is distinguished by “columns” from the left to the right. Thus, as shown in FIG. 36, for example, the variable display portion 7b in the second row and the third column is referred to as “mass (7)”.

  As shown in FIG. 37, the vertical arrangement by the squares (1), (5), and (9) is called “line <1>”, and the vertical arrangement by the squares (2), (6), and (10) is called. Called “line <2>”, the vertical arrangement by squares (3) (7) (11) is called “line <3>”, and the vertical arrangement by squares (4) (8) (12). This is referred to as “line <4>”. Further, an array extending diagonally downward to the right by the squares (1), (6), and (11) is referred to as “line <5>”, and an array extending downward and diagonally to the right by the squares (2), (7), and (12) is “line <5>”. 6> ”.

  Further, the line extending diagonally right upward by the squares (9), (6), and (3) is referred to as “line <7>”, and the line extending diagonally right upward by the squares (10), (7), and (4) is “line <7>”. 8> ". Further, the horizontal arrangement by the squares (1), (2), (3), and (4) is called “line <9>”, and the horizontal arrangement by the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8) is “ The line in the horizontal direction by the squares (9), (10), (11), and (12) is referred to as “line <11>”. Thus, a total of 11 lines are formed in the 12-mass throttle image 7X.

  Next, based on FIG. 38, the types of effect symbols 8X variably displayed in the squares (1) to (12) will be described. The effect symbols 8X are roughly divided into three types of effect symbols: a number symbol, a character symbol, and an icon symbol. Numeric symbols “1” to “8” are prepared as numeric symbols (normal identification information). Each numerical symbol is an effect symbol that can form a jackpot mode (specific identification mode), a reach mode, and a lost mode. This effect symbol 8X corresponds to “identification information” of the present invention.

The jackpot mode is a combination of performance symbols indicating the jackpot winning. In the present embodiment, the big hit mode of the 12-mass throttle effect is a mode in which the numerical symbol is displayed with a doublet (for example, “777”). The reach mode is a mode in which one of the effect symbols is variably displayed, and the remaining effect symbols form part of the jackpot mode. In this embodiment, the reach mode of the 12-mass throttle effect is a mode in which one of the three number symbols is variably displayed and the remaining two same number symbols are stopped and displayed. As will be described later, the loss mode is a mode in which, for example, a numeric symbol is displayed in a discrete pattern (for example, “637”).

  However, in the 12-mass throttle image 7X, as shown in FIG. 37, there are a line constituted by an arrangement of three squares and a line constituted by an arrangement of four squares. In this embodiment, the jackpot mode and the reach mode are formed only by lines formed by the arrangement of three cells. That is, the jackpot mode and the reach mode may be formed by the lines <1> to <8>, but are not formed by the lines <9> to <11>.

  As shown in FIG. 38, the character design (re-variation identification information) includes a vertically aligned pseudo-continuous symbol (first re-variation identification information) and a side-by-side pseudo continuous symbol (second re-variation identification information). Vertically arranged pseudo-continuous patterns include “thick” and “ro”. Side-by-side pseudo-continuous symbols include “T”, “A”, “R”, and “O”. These character designs are effect designs that can form a pseudo continuous display mode. The pseudo-continuous display mode is a display mode for suggesting execution of re-variation (pseudo-continuous) in which each effect symbol 8X is temporarily stopped before the final stop display of each effect symbol 8X and then variably displayed again. That is. It should be noted that the pseudo-continuous display mode only suggests execution of the pseudo-continuous, and does not indicate a big win.

  In the present embodiment, when two vertically arranged pseudo-continuous patterns “thick” and “ro” are arranged in the vertical direction, a pseudo-continuous display mode (first pseudo-continuous display mode) composed of “taro” is formed, and the pseudo-continuous display mode is formed. Is suggested (see FIG. 52). In addition, when four side-by-side pseudo-continuous symbols “T”, “A”, “R” and “O” are arranged in the horizontal direction, a pseudo-continuous display mode (second pseudo-continuous display mode) consisting of “TARO” is formed. Thus, execution of the pseudo-ream is suggested (see FIG. 53). However, in order to display the pseudo continuous display mode composed of “TARO”, four squares are required in the horizontal direction, so that the pseudo continuous display mode composed of “TARO” has the lines <9> <10> <11>. It is displayed only in.

  As shown in FIG. 38, the icon design (special identification information) includes an effect development design (first special identification information) and a blank design (second special identification information). In the stage development design, the “card design” showing the decoration form of the card, the “pencil design” showing the decoration form of the pencil, and the “eraser design” showing the decoration form of the eraser, There is. When three of the same effect development symbols are arranged in the vertical direction or in the oblique direction, a development effect mode is formed, and a predetermined development effect corresponding to the effect development symbol is executed. For example, when three “card symbols” are aligned in the vertical direction or in the oblique direction, the development effect corresponding to the card symbols is executed as described later (see FIGS. 88 and 89).

  On the other hand, the blank symbol is a production symbol meaning loss and includes “●” and “▲”. Even if there are three blank symbols, the effect of winning the jackpot and the development effect as described above are not executed. That is, the blank symbol is an effect design that does not form a jackpot mode, a reach mode, a pseudo-continuous display mode, or a development effect mode. These blank symbols look simpler (decoration degree is lower) than the numerical symbols that can constitute the jackpot mode, the pseudo-continuous symbols that can constitute the pseudo-continuous display mode, and the production development symbols that can constitute the development effect. Yes. Thus, in the 12-mass throttle effect, the blank symbol is stopped and displayed, so that the numerical symbol, the effect development symbol, and the pseudo-continuous symbol become relatively conspicuous. As a result, even if there are as many as 12 variable display portions 7b, the player can concentrate on whether or not the jackpot mode, pseudo-continuous display mode, and development effect mode are configured. ing.

Next, based on FIG. 39, the stop order of the effect symbols 8X for each of the twelve variable display portions 7b will be described. As shown in FIG. 39, there are four stop orders in the stop order, and the stop orders are displayed in the order of (I) (II) (III) (IV) in each stop order. That is, in the basic stop order, first, the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed at squares (1) (2) (11) (12). Next, it is stopped and displayed at squares (3), (4), (9) and (10). Subsequently, the display is stopped at squares (5) and (8). Finally, it is stopped and displayed at squares (6) and (7).

  In the reverse stop order, first, the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed at squares (6) and (7). Next, it is stopped and displayed at squares (5) and (8). Subsequently, it is stopped and displayed at squares (1), (4), (9) and (12). Finally, it is stopped and displayed at squares (2), (3), (10) and (11).

  In the case of stopping from left to right, first, the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed at squares (1), (5), and (9). Next, it is stopped and displayed at squares (2), (6) and (10). Subsequently, the display is stopped at squares (3), (7) and (11). Finally, it is stopped and displayed at squares (4), (8) and (12).

  In the case of stopping from right to left, the effect design 8X is first stopped and displayed at squares (4) (8) (12). Next, the display is stopped at squares (3), (7) and (11). Subsequently, the display is stopped at squares (2), (6), and (10). Finally, it is stopped and displayed at squares (1), (5) and (9). Thus, in the 12-mass throttle effect, the four stop orders are set as the stop order, thereby preventing a monotonous variable display effect from being produced, for example, compared to the case where only one stop order is set. It is possible.

  Here, in the 12-mass throttle effect of this embodiment, when the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the basic stop order or reverse stop order, the jackpot mode, the reach mode, the pseudo continuous display mode by the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern, It is easy to configure the development effect mode. On the other hand, when the production symbol 8X stops from left to right or stops from right to left, the jackpot mode, reach mode, pseudo-continuous display mode by vertical quasi-continuous symbol pattern, and development effect mode are not configured, but side by side It is easy to configure a pseudo continuous display mode with pseudo continuous symbols.

  That is, in the lines <9>, <10>, and <11> extending in the horizontal direction, the jackpot mode, the reach mode, and the development effect mode are not displayed, and whether or not the pseudo continuous display mode with the side-by-side pseudo continuous pattern is displayed. Limited to crab. Therefore, when the effect design 8X is stopped from the left to the right or stopped from the right to the left, the player's attention can be directed exclusively to whether or not the re-variable display (pseudo-ream) is executed. It becomes possible. In this way, by concentrating the player's consciousness on the success or failure of a specific performance (pseudo-ream) according to a specific stop order (stop from left to right, stop from right to left) among a plurality of stop orders, monotonous It becomes possible to suppress becoming a special game.

  In this embodiment, among the four stop orders, the basic stop order and the reverse stop order are referred to as “first stop order pattern”, and stop from left to right and stop from right to left are referred to as “second stop order”. It will be called a “pattern”. That is, in the case of the first stop order pattern (basic stop order or reverse stop order), the lines <1> to <8> are effective lines, and the jackpot mode, the reach mode, and the vertical arrangement on the effective line. There is a possibility that the pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro”) and the development effect mode using the pseudo-continuous pattern may be displayed. On the other hand, in the case of the second stop order pattern (stop from left to right or stop from right to left), the lines <9> to <11> become effective lines and are arranged side by side on this effective line. There is a possibility that a quasi-continuous display mode (“TARO”) based on symbols is displayed. The effective line is activated so that a predetermined effect (in this embodiment, a jackpot effect, a pseudo-ream, an extended effect) is executed depending on the display mode of the effect symbol 8X on the line. Means line. Lines <1> to <8> correspond to “first group lines” of the present invention, and lines <9> to <11> correspond to “second group lines” of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, among the combinations in which a plurality of effect symbols 8X are displayed, an aspect in which none of the jackpot mode, reach mode, pseudo-continuous display mode, or development effect mode is displayed is referred to as a lost mode. For example, a mode in which each number is different among the three number symbols, a mode in which one number symbol, one pseudo-continuous symbol, and one development development symbol among the three effect symbols are displayed. It is an aspect.

  Next, the reel arrangement of the effect symbol 8X will be described with reference to FIG. In each of the twelve variable display portions 7b displayed on the display screen 7a, when the effect symbol 8X is variably displayed, the effect symbol 8X displayed on the surface of each reel appears to rotate in the vertical direction. ing. Then, the rotation speed of each reel gradually decreases, and each reel stops, so that it is possible to identify the stop-displayed effect symbol 8X.

  As shown in FIG. 40, in the effect symbol 8X, a total of 16 effect symbols are arranged in order. Each number symbol is arranged every other number in the numerical order. Between each number symbol, a vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbol ("thick" or "Buro"), a side-by-side pseudo consecutive symbol ("T", "A") , “R”, “O”), a blank symbol (“●” or “▲”), and an effect development symbol (“pencil symbol”, “card symbol”, “eraser symbol”). The detailed arrangement is as shown in FIG.

  This effect symbol 8X appears to rotate in the rotation direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. Therefore, the player sees the effect design 8X in the order of the numeric symbol “1”, the blank symbol “▲”, the numeric symbol “2”, the card symbol, the numeric symbol “3”, and the like. This effect symbol 8X includes eight numeric symbols and effect symbols other than the eight numeric symbols (a pseudo-continuous symbol, a blank symbol, an effect development symbol, hereinafter referred to as “non-numeric symbol”). Therefore, a non-numeric symbol is arranged between each numeric symbol, and two effect symbols are switched (rotated and displayed) during a variation time in which the numeric symbol increases by one value.

  Thus, when each effect symbol included in the effect symbol 8X is represented on the basis of the variation time in which the number symbol increases by one value, it can be expressed as follows. As shown in FIG. 40, for example, when the number symbol “2” is set as the reference symbol, the card symbol is displayed one after the number symbol “2”. Therefore, the card symbol is represented as a standard symbol +0.5 symbol. Since the numerical symbol “3” is displayed after the numerical symbol “2”, the numerical symbol “3” is represented as a reference symbol + 1 symbol.

  On the other hand, a blank symbol “▲” is displayed immediately before the numeral symbol “2”. Therefore, the blank symbol “▲” is represented as a reference symbol-0.5 symbol. Then, since the numeral symbol “1” is displayed two times before the numeral symbol “2”, the numeral symbol “1” can be represented as the reference symbol-1 symbol. The other effect symbols 8X when the number symbol “2” is set as the reference symbol are as shown in FIG.

  Next, the production target line will be described with reference to FIGS. The production target line is determined to display a reach mode (a jackpot mode), a pseudo-continuous display mode, an extended production mode, and a loss mode from the activated lines among the lines <1> to <11>. Means an active line. In the present embodiment, as described above, when the lines <1> to <8> become effective lines in the first stop order pattern, the reach form, the pseudo continuous display form by the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern, and the development effect on the effective line. Aspects can be displayed. Therefore, if it is not the second stop order pattern (when displaying the pseudo-continuous pattern by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern), one or a plurality of effect target lines are determined from the lines <1> to <8> that become the activation lines Will be.

  On the other hand, since the lines <9>, <10>, and <11> are composed of four variable display portions 7b as described above, a reach mode, a pseudo-continuous display mode with vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbols, and an extended effect mode are displayed. The line is never Therefore, in this embodiment, when the production target line is determined from the lines <9>, <10>, and <11>, which are the activation lines in the second stop order pattern, the determined production target line is displayed side by side. A pseudo-continuous display mode or a lost mode with continuous symbols is displayed. That is, the lines <9>, <10>, and <11> are dedicated lines in which a pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” can be formed.

  FIG. 41 is a diagram showing the type of one line type in which one is determined as the production target line. As shown in FIG. 41, a total of eight patterns are prepared for the one-line type. For example, the one-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the line <1> is determined as a production target line. In the following description, when the line <1> is determined as the production target line, the production target line is described by using the code of the line determined as the production target line as it is called the production target line <1>. I decided to.

  In this one-line pattern 1, in the reach mode, the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in square (1) and square (9) regardless of the stop order (basic stop order or reverse stop order). Thus, the effect design 8X continues to be variably displayed in square (5). That is, when the production target line <1> is in the reach mode, the production symbol 8X is variably displayed in the square (5) without being stopped for a predetermined time. After that, when the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the square (5), the loss mode or the big hit mode is displayed.

  Thus, in FIG. 41 and FIGS. 42 to 51 shown below, in the state of reach, dots are attached to the production target line in a state where the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in a square with dots. This means that the production symbol 8X is variably displayed with no square. Since the other patterns 2 to 8 of the one-line type are as shown in FIG. 41, the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating a two-line type in which two production target lines are determined when the stop order is the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 42, in the 2-line type, a total of 24 patterns are prepared. For example, the 2-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1> and <2> are determined as the production target lines. In this embodiment, as will be described later, when a plurality of production target lines are determined to be in the reach mode, all the numerical symbols displayed as the reach mode in the determined plurality of production target lines are all the same. That is, in the case of the reach mode in the two-line pattern 1, all the numerical symbols that are stopped and displayed in the squares (1), (2), (9), and (10) are the same.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 42, when all the two-line patterns in the basic stop order are in the reach mode, each of the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8) on the second row has the effect design 8X. When is displayed in a stopped state, a loss mode or a jackpot mode is displayed. The other two-line type patterns 2 to 24 in the basic stop order are as shown in FIG.

  In addition, in the two-line pattern 3, if the same numerical symbol is stopped and displayed in the squares (9), (11) out of the squares (9), (10), and (11), it seems that the reach mode is reached. Does not produce as a reach mode. That is, the squares (9), (10), and (11) are squares that constitute a part of the line <12> that extends in the horizontal direction, and the line <12> in this embodiment is a side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern as described above. This is because the pseudo continuous display mode or the loss mode is displayed on the line, and the reach mode is not set as the display line.

  FIG. 43 is a diagram showing three-line type types in which three as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 43, in the three-line type, a total of 15 patterns are prepared. For example, the 3-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which lines <1>, <2>, and <6> are determined as production target lines. As shown in FIG. 43, in all the three-line patterns in the basic stop order, when the reach mode is reached, the effect design 8X stops at each square (5) (6) (7) (8) in the second row. When displayed, a lost mode or a jackpot mode is displayed. The other three-line patterns 2 to 15 in the basic stop order are as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 44 is a diagram showing four-line type types in which four as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 44, a total of four patterns are prepared in the 4-line type. For example, the 4-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1>, <4>, <5>, and <6> are determined as production target lines. As shown in FIG. 44, when all the four-line patterns in the basic stop order are in the reach mode, the effect symbol 8X is stopped at each square (5) (6) (7) (8) in the second row. When displayed, a lost mode or a jackpot mode is displayed. Since the other patterns 2 to 4 of the four-line type in the basic stop order are as shown in FIG. 44, description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating a five-line type in which five as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 45, a total of two patterns are prepared for the 5-line type. The 5-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1>, <2>, <3>, <6>, and <8> are determined as production target lines, and the 5-line pattern 2 is the lines <1> and <3. > <4> <5> <7> are patterns determined as production target lines. As shown in FIG. 45, when the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8) in the second row in the five-line patterns 1 and 2 in the basic stop order, A loss mode or a jackpot mode is displayed.

  FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an 8-line type in which eight production target lines are determined when the stop order is the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 46, in the 8-line type, only one pattern is prepared. The 8-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7> <8> are determined as production target lines. When the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8) in the second row, the loss mode or the big hit mode is displayed. However, in this embodiment, as will be described later, the production target line is set as the 8-line pattern 1 only when it is confirmed that the jackpot has been won. The losing mode is not displayed. That is, the effect by the 8-line pattern 1 is a premier effect in which the jackpot is confirmed.

  FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating a two-line type in which two production target lines are determined when the stop order is reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 47, a total of 24 patterns are prepared in the 2-line type. For example, the 2-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1> and <2> are determined as the production target lines. When all the two-line patterns in reverse stop order are in the reach mode, if the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed at each square (9) (10) (11) (12) in the third row, the loss mode Alternatively, the jackpot mode is displayed. The other two-line patterns 2 to 24 in reverse stop order are as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 48 is a diagram showing three-line type types in which three as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 48, a total of 15 patterns are prepared in the 3-line type. For example, the 3-line pattern 3 is a pattern in which the lines <1>, <4>, and <5> are determined as production target lines. However, in this embodiment, among the 15 patterns prepared as a 3-line type in reverse stop order, the patterns 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, and 15 are not actually set. In this embodiment, as will be described later, there are patterns that are not set in the 3-line type, the 4-line type, and the 5-line type in the reverse stop order, but all or part of those patterns (patterns that are not set) You may comprise so that it may set. However, it is preferable not to set those patterns as in this embodiment.

  This is because, in the patterns 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, and 15, when the reach mode is used, three same numeric symbols are aligned in the horizontal direction on the second line. Therefore, in this embodiment, the three-line patterns 1, 2, 7, 8 are arranged in reverse stop order so as not to give a misunderstanding that the player wins a big hit by arranging the same three numbers in the horizontal direction. , 9, 14, and 15 are not set. In the three-line patterns 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11 in reverse stop order, each cell (9), (10), (11), and (12) in the third row is in the reach mode. When the effect design 8X is stopped and displayed, the lost mode or the big hit mode is displayed. Further, in the three-line patterns 12 and 13 in reverse stop order, when the production symbol 8X is variably displayed in the cells (2) and (3) in the first row in the reach mode, the loss mode or The jackpot mode is displayed.

  FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating a four-line type in which four as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 49, in the four-line type, a total of four patterns are prepared. In all of these patterns, three same numeric symbols are arranged in the horizontal direction in the second row. Therefore, in this embodiment, not all four-line patterns are set in reverse stop order.

  FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating the five-line type in which five as the production target lines are determined when the stop order is the reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 50, in the five-line type, a total of two patterns are prepared, but also in these two patterns, three identical numerical symbols are aligned in the horizontal direction in the second row. Therefore, in this embodiment, not all five-line patterns are set in reverse stop order.

  FIG. 51 is a diagram showing an 8-line type in which eight production target lines are determined when the stop order is reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 46, in the 8-line type, only one pattern is prepared. The 8-line pattern 1 is a pattern in which the lines <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7> <8> are determined as production target lines. When the production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the squares (9), (10), (11), and (12) in the third row, the loss mode or the big hit mode is displayed. The production by the 8-line pattern 1 in the reverse stop order is a premier production in which the jackpot is confirmed, similar to the production by the 8-line pattern 1 in the basic stop order.

  Next, based on FIG. 52, the pseudo-continuous display mode using the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbols will be described. As shown in FIGS. 52A to 52D, in the pseudo continuous display mode (“Taro”) using the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern, one line type and two lines are displayed according to the number of “Taro” displayed. There are 3 types, 4 line types. In FIG. 52A, as a single line type, only a pattern in which “thick” is displayed in the square (1) and “ro” is displayed in the square (5) is representatively shown. The other one-line pattern is shown in FIG. 78A, and a total of eight patterns are prepared. Each pattern can be inferred from FIG.

  In FIG. 52B, as a two-line type, only a pattern in which “thick” is displayed in the squares (1) and (2) and “ro” is displayed in the squares (5) and (6) is representatively shown. . The other two-line patterns are shown in FIG. 78A, and a total of 12 patterns are prepared. Each pattern can be inferred from FIG.

  In FIG. 52 (C), only a pattern in which “thick” is displayed in the squares (1), (2), and (3) and “Buro” is displayed in the squares (5), (6), and (7) is shown as a three-line type. Shown as a representative. The other three-line patterns are shown in FIG. 78A, and a total of four patterns are prepared. Each pattern can be inferred from FIG.

  In FIG. 52D, “thick” is displayed in the squares (1), (2), (3), and (4), and “Buro” is displayed in the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8). The pattern to be displayed is shown as a representative. The other patterns of the 4-line type are shown in FIG. 78A, in which “thick” is displayed in the squares (5), (6), (7), and (8), and the squares (9), (10), and (11) are displayed. ) (12) is a pattern (4-2) in which “Buro” is displayed. Therefore, a total of two patterns are prepared for the 4-line type.

  Here, the suggestion of the pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro”) using the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbols will be described. As described above, the number of “Taro” displayed in 12 squares (1) to (12) is 1 to 4. This number suggests the upper limit number of re-variable display performed when the pseudo-run is executed. In addition, the pseudo-ream is executed for a predetermined number of times by performing re-variable display in which each effect symbol 8X is temporarily stopped before the final stop display of each effect symbol 8X, and then variably displayed again (like multiple variations). To show). Therefore, when the number of re-variable displays performed in a pseudo-continuous manner is 3, the effect design 8X is displayed for the first temporary stop, re-changed for the first time, displayed for the second temporary stop, and re-changed for the second time. The third temporary stop display is made, the third change is made again, and the final stop display is made.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 52 (C), when three “Taro” are displayed in a three-line type, a re-variable display that is performed at the time of execution of the pseudo-ream for a player who has seen three “Taro” It is made to recognize that the upper limit number of is 3 times. That is, if three “Taro” are displayed, the number of re-variable display performed in the pseudo-continuous is performed three or more times. However, in the present embodiment, for example, when the number of re-variable displays performed in a pseudo-continuous manner is three, three “Taro” are not necessarily displayed in all the temporary stop displays performed three times. In this case, of the temporary stop display performed three times, either one line type (“Taro” is one), two line type (“Taro” is two), or three line type (“Taro” is three). Will be displayed.

  In short, when the number of re-variable displays performed in a pseudo-continuous manner is 3, three “Taro” may be displayed during the first temporary stop display, or the first temporary stop display One “Taro” may be displayed at the time, and three “Taro” may be displayed for the first time at the time of the third temporary stop display. For this reason, a player may have a sense of expectation that a large number of re-variable displays will be executed if a large number of “Taro” is displayed at the earliest possible stage during a temporary stop display that is performed multiple times. It becomes possible.

  Therefore, the number of pseudo-continuous display modes (“Taro”) suggests how many times the re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is performed at the time for the player who saw the number. Therefore, even if the player sees only one “Taro” during the temporary stop display, it happens that only a small number of “Taro” is displayed in the temporary stop display at that time. Can have a sense of expectation that multiple re-variable displays are performed.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the number of re-variable display performed in a pseudo-continuous manner is three, three “Taro” are displayed in at least one temporary stop display among the temporary stop displays performed three times. That is not to say. That is, in this case, of the temporary stop display performed three times, three “Taro” are not displayed at all, and only one “Taro” or two “Taro” are displayed. It can be terminated.

  Next, a pseudo continuous display mode using side by side pseudo continuous symbols will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 53 (A) to 53 (C), in the pseudo-continuous display mode (“TARO”) using the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern, the one-line type and the two-line type are used depending on the number of “TARO” displayed. And 3-line type. In FIG. 53A, as a one-line type, “T” is displayed in the square (1), “A” is displayed in the square (2), “R” is displayed in the square (3), and the square (4 ) Shows only the patterns in which “O” is displayed. The other one-line pattern is shown in FIG. 78B, and a total of three patterns are prepared. Since each pattern can be estimated from FIG. 78 (B), description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 53 (B), “T” is displayed on the cells (1) and (5), “A” is displayed on the cells (2) and (6), and “3” is displayed on the cells (3) and (7). “R” is displayed, and a pattern in which “O” is displayed in squares (4) and (8) is shown as a representative. The other two-line pattern is shown in FIG. 78 (B), where “T” is displayed in the squares (5) and (9), “A” is displayed in the squares (6) and (10), In the pattern (2-2), “R” is displayed on the cells (7) and (11), and “O” is displayed on the cells (8) and (12). Therefore, a total of two patterns are prepared for the 2-line type.

  In FIG. 53C, as a three-line type, “T” is displayed in the squares (1), (5), and (9), “A” is displayed in the squares (2), (6), and (10), and the square (3 ) (7) (11) shows a pattern in which “R” is displayed and “O” is displayed in squares (4) (8) (12). The three-line type “TARO” has only one pattern as described above because the production design is determined by all 12 squares (1) to (12).

  The suggestion of the pseudo-continuous display mode (“TARO”) by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern will be described. As described above, the number of “TARO” displayed in 12 squares (1) to (12) is 1 to 3. This number suggests the upper limit number of re-variable display performed when the pseudo-run is executed. For example, as shown in FIG. 53 (C), when three “TARO” are displayed in a three-line type, a player who has seen three “TARO” is subjected to the re-variation performed at the time of execution of the pseudo-ream. It is made to recognize that the upper limit number is 3 times. The suggestion of the pseudo-continuous display mode by “TARO” is the same as the suggestion of the pseudo-continuous display mode by “Taro” described above except that the four “TARO” are not displayed, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Here, in this embodiment, the pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro”, “TARO”) is displayed using the number of effective lines (lines <1> to <11>) that does not exceed the predetermined number of times (the upper limit of holding). It is configured as follows.

  Next, based on FIG. 54 and FIG. 55, the pseudo 2 gusset with the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern will be described. The quasi-two gusset means that the quasi-continuous display mode is not displayed at the time of the second variability display, as if quasi-continuous display is performed twice. In other words, in the pseudo 2 gaset, it appears that the pseudo continuous display mode is likely to be established in the second re-variable display, and the effect design 8X is finally stopped and displayed without the pseudo continuous display mode being established. Do not lose.

  FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a pseudo two-gase pattern by “Taro” in the basic stop order. As shown in FIG. 54, pattern 1 and pattern 2 are prepared for the 2-line type, and pattern 1 and pattern 2 are prepared for the 3-line type. For example, in the case of the two-line type pattern 1, when the re-variable display is performed for the first time, the square (5) ( In 6), the effect symbol 8X is variably displayed. As a result, it appears that two “Taro” are likely to be established, and in the squares (5) and (6), the production symbols 8X other than the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbols “Buro” are stopped and displayed, resulting in a loss. .

  In the case of the two-line pattern 2, when the re-variation display is performed for the first time, the square (7) (8) The effect design 8X is variably displayed. As a result, it appears that two “Taro” are likely to be established, and in the squares (7) and (8), the effect symbols 8X other than the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous symbols “thick” are stopped and displayed, which is lost. The three-line pattern 1 and pattern 2 are patterns that appear to be lost as if three “Taro” are likely to be established, and are not shown in FIG.

  FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating a pseudo 2-gase pattern by “Taro” in reverse stop order. As shown in FIG. 55, pattern 1 and pattern 2 are prepared for the 2-line type, and pattern 1 and pattern 2 are prepared for the 3-line type. The pseudo 2-gase pattern by “Taro” in reverse stop order is different from the above-described pseudo 2-gase pattern by “Taro” in the basic stop order only in the stop order, as shown in FIG.

  In other words, the two-line pattern 1 and the pattern 2 are patterns that seem to cause two “Taro” to be established, and the three-line pattern 1 and the pattern 2 are likely to establish three “Taro”. It is a pattern that appears to be lost. 54 and 55, one “Taro” or two “Taro” is displayed in the first temporary stop display.

  Next, based on FIG. 56, the pseudo 2 gaset by the side-by-side pseudo continuous pattern will be described. As shown in FIG. 56, when stopping from the left to the right as the stop order, pattern 1 and pattern 2 are prepared. In pattern 1, at the time of the first re-variation display, first, the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern “T” is stopped and displayed at squares (1) and (5), and then the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern “T” is displayed at squares (2) and (6). “A” is stopped and displayed, and then the pseudo-continuous pattern “R” is stopped and displayed side by side in squares (3) and (7). As a result, it appears that two “TARO” are likely to be established, and in the squares (4) and (8), the effect symbols 8X other than the side-by-side pseudo-continuous symbols “O” are stopped and displayed, resulting in a loss. The pattern 2 is the same as that shown in FIG. 56 except that the square that is stopped and displayed is different from that of the pattern 1, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. Note that, in the pseudo 2 gasset shown in FIG. 56, one “TARO” or two “TARO” is displayed in the first temporary stop display.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the pseudo 2 gusset by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous design is executed as described above when stopping from the left to the right as the stop order, but when stopping from the right to the left as the stop order, It is not executed. That is, when stopping from the right to the left as the stop order, it appears that “TARO” is likely to be established and does not cause a loss. Thus, for example, the pseudo-continuous pattern “O” is displayed side by side in the square (4), then the pseudo-continuous pattern “R” is displayed side by side in the square (3), and then the pseudo-continuous pattern “R” is displayed side by side in the square (2). When “A” is displayed, “T” is always displayed as a square (1) at the end.

  Therefore, when stopping from the right to the left, the expectation of the effect that “TARO” is established for the player is greater than when stopping from the left to the right. Thus, in the second stop order pattern, by changing the success or failure of the effect (pseudo continuous display mode with side-by-side pseudo-continuous patterns) depending on whether to stop from left to right or to stop from right to left, a specific stop order It is possible to increase the degree of expectation for (stop from right to left) and make the player aware of the specific stop order. In general, when recognizing a side-by-side character, the character is recognized from left to right. Therefore, when the character “ARO” is displayed in squares (2), (3), and (4), square (1 ) (2) It is more difficult to recognize that “TARO” is likely to be established than when the characters “TAR” are displayed in (3). Therefore, in this embodiment, the pseudo two-gase based on the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern is set so as to be executed when stopped from left to right, but not executed when stopped from right to left.

  Next, 12-mass variation effect pattern creation processing (see FIG. 29, S4505) will be described with reference to FIGS. The 12-mass variation effect pattern creation process (S4505) is performed when the mode status is “5” (effect mode is E) in the variation effect start process (S4402) shown in FIG. 29 (YES in S4503), 12 This is a process for determining a variation effect pattern for executing a mass throttle effect.

  [12 Mass Variation Effect Pattern Creation Processing] As shown in FIG. 57, in the 12 mass variation effect pattern creation processing (S4505), first, effect content lottery processing is performed (S5001). In the effect content lottery process, the effect control microcomputer 91 draws the effect content to be executed in the 12-mass throttle effect based on the information of the change pattern obtained by analyzing the change start command (see S4501 in FIG. 29). .

  Here, FIG. 61 shows the effect content lottery table. As shown in FIG. 61, in this embodiment, 15 effect contents are prepared as effect contents executed in the 12-mass throttle effect. Hereinafter, each production content will be described.

  The reach-less loss of effect No1 is the effect content that becomes the loss mode without configuring the reach mode with the above-described performance target line. The pseudo 2 gasse of the production No. 2 is the production content that becomes a losing mode without configuring the reach mode on the production line after performing the re-variable display by the pseudo-run twice. On the other hand, the following production No. 3 to production No. 15 are production contents that constitute a reach aspect on the production target line.

  The normal reach losing of the production No. 3 is a production mode that becomes a losing mode after configuring the reach mode with the production target line. The 2D effect losing of the effect content No4 is the effect content that develops after the reach aspect is configured by the effect target line and loses after the 2D effect (SP reach) which is one of the developed effects. In this embodiment, the 2D effect is a reach that has a longer variation time after reach than normal reach, and is an effect that expects a two-dimensional appearance of two head-and-head characters and whether or not it is a big hit (FIG. 85). (See (F)).

  The 3D effect losing of the effect No. 5 is the effect content that develops after the reach aspect is configured with the production target line and loses after the 3D effect (SP reach) which is one of the development effects. In this embodiment, the 3D effect is a reach that has a longer variation time after reach than normal reach, and is an effect that expects whether or not eight characters in three dimensions appear and whether it is a big hit or not (FIG. 87). (See (B)). In this embodiment, the higher the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot lottery, the easier the 3D effect is executed than the 2D effect, and the 2D effect is more easily executed than the normal reach. .

  The pseudo 2 + losing of the production No. 6 is a production mode that is lost after the re-variable display by the pseudo-continuous is executed twice and the reach mode is configured with the production target line. The pseudo 3 + 2D effect losing of the effect No. 7 is the effect content that is developed after the re-variable display by the quasi-continuous execution is executed three times and the reach aspect is configured with the effect target line, and is lost after the 2D effect. The pseudo 3 + 3D effect losing of the effect No. 8 is the effect content that is developed after the re-variable display by the quasi-continuous execution is executed three times and the reach aspect is configured with the effect target line, and is lost after the 3D effect. In this embodiment, the higher the degree of expectation that winning the jackpot lottery is, the easier it is to execute an effect with a larger number of re-variable display times (pseudo-continuous times). With respect to the above-mentioned effect contents, the following effect No. 9 to effect No. 15 are effect contents that are big hits.

  The normal jackpot of the production No. 9 is the content of the production that becomes the jackpot mode after the reach mode is configured with the production target line. The 2D effect jackpot of the production No. 10 is the production content that develops after the reach aspect is configured with the production target line and becomes a big hit after the 2D production. The 3D effect jackpot of effect No11 is the effect content that develops after the reach aspect is configured with the production target line and becomes a jackpot after the 3D effect.

  The pseudo 2+ jackpot of the production No. 12 is a production mode that is a jackpot after the re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is executed twice and the reach mode is configured by the production target line. The pseudo 3 + 2D production jackpot of production No. 13 is the production content that develops after the re-variation display by the pseudo-run is executed three times, configures the reach aspect with the production target line, and becomes a jackpot after the 3D production. The pseudo 3 + 3D production jackpot of the production No. 14 is a production content that is developed after the re-variable display by the pseudo-run is executed three times and the reach mode is configured by the production target line, and becomes a big jackpot after the 3D production.

  For the effect No. 15, the pseudo 4+ jackpot will be a big hit after the re-variable display is executed four times by the quasi-ream and reach the full rotation (slowly rotate with the three effect symbols aligned, and stop display at the same time) It is. The pseudo 4+ jackpot of the production No. 15 is a premier production where the jackpot is confirmed.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 57, in the effect content lottery process (S5001), the effect content is lottery based on the effect content lottery table shown in FIG. 61 and the acquired variation pattern information. For example, if the fluctuation pattern P10 is acquired, the content of the production No. 1 is determined. Moreover, if the fluctuation pattern P7 is acquired, it will determine to the production content of production No4 or the production content of production No5 by lottery. At this time, the production control microcomputer 91 acquires, for example, the production content lottery random number, and uses this production content lottery random number to determine either No. 4 production content or No. 5 production content.

  Similarly, if the variation pattern P5 is acquired, the content of the effect No. 7 or the effect No. 8 is determined by lottery. If the variation pattern P3 is acquired, the content of the effect No. 10 or effect No. 11 is determined by lottery. If the variation pattern P1 is acquired, the content of the effect No13, the content of the effect No14 or the content of the effect No15 is determined by lottery. The determination of other contents of production is as shown in FIG. Thus, in the effect content lottery process (S5001), one effect content is selected from the 15 effect contents shown in FIG. 61 according to the information of the variation pattern.

  Next, in step S5002, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the acquired variation pattern is a reach formation variation pattern (see FIG. 11) (S5002). Here, since the 12-mass throttle effect is executed in the low-probability and low-base state and is substantially awarded only to the first starting port 20, the variation pattern is limited to the variation patterns P1 to P10 (see FIG. 11). The variation pattern includes information on whether or not reach has been established.

  Therefore, in step S5002, it is determined whether or not the acquired variation pattern is the variation pattern P1 to P8. If the variation pattern is P1 to P8, YES is determined in step S5002, and the reach process (S5004) is executed. On the other hand, if it is not the fluctuation pattern P1 to P8 (if it is the fluctuation pattern P9, P10), it is determined as NO in step S5002, and the non-reach process (S5003) is executed. In this embodiment, it is determined in step S5002 whether or not the variation pattern is a reach establishment variation pattern, but it is determined whether or not the production content is a reach establishment production content (production contents No.3 to No15). You may do it.

  [Non-reach process] As shown in FIG. 58, in the non-reach process (S5003), first, among four stop orders (basic stop order, reverse stop order, stop from left to right, stop from right to left). From this point, one stop order is drawn (S5101). However, since the stop order is related to the contents of the effects, the stop order of lottery based on the contents of the effects will be different. That is, when stopping from the left to the right, the effect of whether or not the pseudo continuous display mode by the side-by-side pseudo continuous pattern is established is executed. Therefore, if the production contents that do not establish the pseudo-continuous display mode by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous design are selected, the case of stopping from the left to the right is not selected.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 61, when the production contents of production Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, and 15 are determined, except when stopping from left to right as the stop order. The stop order will be drawn. In other words, when the production contents of production Nos. 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14 are determined, the stop order is drawn in lots, including the case of stopping from left to right as the stop order. It has become.

  Also, when stopping from the right to the left, the effect of whether or not the pseudo-continuous display mode by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern is established is executed, and as described above, the effect of the pseudo 2-gase is not executed. For this reason, if the content of the pseudo 2 gaset and the content of the effect that does not establish the pseudo-continuous display mode by the side-by-side pseudo-continuous pattern are selected, the case of stopping from right to left is not selected.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 61, when the production contents of production Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, and 15 are determined, the case of stopping from the right to the left as the stop order. Except for the order of stoppage. In other words, when the production contents of production Nos. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14 are determined, the stop order is drawn by lottery, including the case of stopping from right to left as the stop order. ing. In short, when the production contents of production Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 15 are determined, the stop order is selected from the first stop order patterns (basic stop order or reverse stop order). Is selected. When the production Nos. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14 are determined, the first stop order pattern and the second stop order pattern (stop from left to right or stop from right to left) are selected. Stop order is selected. When the production contents of production No. 2 are determined, the stop order is selected from the first stop order pattern and the stop order of stopping from left to right. The effect control microcomputer 91 obtains, for example, a stop order lottery random number, and draws one stop order using the stop order lottery random number.

  The effect control microcomputer 91 specifies the effect target line lottery table based on the effect contents and the stop order after the stop order is selected in step S5101 (S5102). Here, the production target line lottery table will be described. The effect target line lottery table is a table provided in order to determine the effect target line, classified according to whether or not the reach mode is configured, the stop order, and the number of effect target lines. Each production target line lottery table is stored in the ROM 93 of the production control microcomputer 91.

  62 to 66 are diagrams showing a production target line lottery table that does not constitute a reach mode. FIG. 62 is a table for determining the production target line based on the production contents when the order is the basic stop order. FIG. 63 is a table for determining the production target line based on the content of the production in the reverse stop order. For example, when viewing the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 62, the number of lines is described from 1 to 5. The number of lines means the number of production target lines to be determined.

  And the pattern is described below the number of lines. This pattern is a pattern for determining the position of the production target line, and corresponds to each line type pattern shown in FIGS. That is, for example, the number of lines is 1 and the pattern is 1 in FIG. 62 corresponds to the pattern 1 (No 1) in the 1-line type shown in FIG. Therefore, in this case, the production target line <1> is determined. Also, in FIG. 62, the number of lines is 2 and the pattern 3 (refer to the parts 1 to 4) means that the 2-line pattern shown in FIG. It corresponds to. Therefore, in this case, two production target lines <1> and <7> are determined.

  In addition, in the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 62, for example, a number “127” is written below pattern 1 and to the right of the lossless reach. This number means the number of numerators in which the pattern 1 is drawn by the number of lines 1 in the production contents of the production No1. That is, in the production contents of production No. 1, numbers are assigned for each pattern corresponding to the number of lines, and the total value thereof is set to 1009. Therefore, in the production contents of production No1, the probability that the pattern 1 is drawn with 1 line is 127/1009. In this embodiment, the total value of the numbers assigned to each pattern is set to 1009 in all other effects.

  Therefore, the larger the number assigned to each pattern, the easier the corresponding pattern is drawn. In other words, if the number corresponding to the pattern is “0”, it means that the pattern is not drawn. In this lottery, the production control microcomputer 91 acquires pattern determination random numbers from “1” to “1009”, and draws using the pattern determination random numbers.

  In FIG. 62, although the number of lines is 1 and the patterns 2 to 8 are collectively described, for example, in the effect contents of the effect No1, the number of numerators in which the pattern 2 is selected by the number of lines is 126. When the pattern determination random number is 1 to 127, the pattern 1 is determined with the number of lines 1, and when the pattern determination random number is 128 to 253 (127 + 126), the pattern 2 is determined with the number of lines 1. It has become. The same applies to the number of lines 1 and after pattern 3. Also, in FIGS. 63 to 77 described below, each number assigned in each pattern has the same meaning.

  FIG. 64 is a table for determining a production target line based on the production contents of pseudo 2 gasses by “Taro” in the case of the basic stop order. The number of lines and patterns shown in FIG. 64 correspond to the number of lines and patterns shown in FIG. That is, the number of lines is 2 and the pattern is 1 in FIG. 64 corresponds to the 2-line pattern 1 shown in FIG. Therefore, in this case, two production target lines <1> and <2> are determined.

  FIG. 65 is a table for deciding a production target line based on the pseudo 2-gase production content by “Taro” in the reverse stop order. The number of lines and the pattern shown in FIG. 65 correspond to the number of lines and the pattern shown in FIG. That is, the number of lines is 2 and the pattern is 1 in FIG. 65 corresponds to the 2-line pattern 1 shown in FIG. Therefore, in this case, two production target lines <2> <3> are determined.

  FIG. 66 is a table for determining a production target line based on the production content of the pseudo 2 gaset by “TARO” when stopping from the left to the right. The number of lines and the pattern shown in FIG. 66 correspond to the number of lines and the pattern shown in FIG. That is, the number of lines is 2 and the pattern is 1 in FIG. 66 corresponds to the 2-line pattern 1 shown in FIG. Accordingly, in this case, two production target lines <9> and <10> are determined. Note that, as described above, when stopping from right to left, the pseudo two gusset by “TARO” is not executed, so a corresponding table is not provided.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 58, in step S5102 following step S5101, the effect control microcomputer 91 selects one effect from the effect target line lottery tables shown in FIGS. The target line lottery table is specified. For example, when the production contents of production No. 1 are determined (lottery) and the lottery is in the basic stop order, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 62 is specified. In addition, when the production contents of production No. 2 are determined and the lottery is selected in reverse stop order, it is a case where pseudo 2 gaze is executed by “Taro” instead of “TARO”, and therefore, it is shown in FIG. The production target line lottery table is specified. In addition, when the production contents of production No. 2 are determined and the lottery is to stop from the left to the right, it is a case where a pseudo 2 gasse is executed by “TARO” instead of “Taro”. The effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 66 is specified.

Subsequent to step S5102, the effect control microcomputer 91 draws effect target lines based on the specified effect target line lottery table and effect contents (S5104). That is, as described above, numbers are assigned to the production target line lottery table for each pattern corresponding to the number of lines. Therefore, the production control microcomputer 91 uses a pattern determination random number to determine which line number and which pattern in the production content by lottery. For example, if the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 62 is specified in the production content of production No. 1, if the random number for pattern determination is selected as “1” from “1 to 1009”, the number of lines is 1 Thus, pattern 1 is determined. In this case, the pattern 1 is determined by the one-line type shown in FIG. That is, the number of production target lines is 1, and the production target line <1> is determined. Thus, in step S5103, the number and position of the production target lines are determined.

  Subsequent to step S5103, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines which effect symbol 8X is to be stopped and displayed in each square of the determined effect target line based on the effect contents. In this embodiment, based on the contents of the effects and the number and position of the effect target lines, an effect symbol 8X pattern (effect symbol display pattern) that is stopped and displayed at each square of the effect target lines is preset. Therefore, for example, as described above, when the effect control microcomputer 91 is determined to be the effect target line <1> with the effect content of the effect No1, the numerical design 3 is displayed in a square (1) according to a preset pattern. Then, it is determined that the numerical symbol 5 is displayed with the square (5) and the numerical symbol 7 is displayed with the square (9) (see FIG. 79A). In step S5104, the pattern of the effect symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at each square of the effect target line (the effect symbol display pattern) is not set in advance, and the effect symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at each square of the effect target line is selected by lottery. It may be determined. Thus, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines the effect symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at each square of the effect target line, and then executes the process of step S5105.

  [Symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line] As shown in FIG. 59, in the symbol lottery process (S5105) for each square other than the production target line, first, all the squares other than the production target line have been processed. Is determined. For example, as in the example shown in FIG. 79A, when it is determined that the numerical symbols 3, 5, and 7 are displayed on the production target line <1>, each square (2) other than the production target line <1> is displayed. In (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), and (12), it is determined whether or not processing such as step S5202 and step S5203 described later has been executed.

  If all the squares other than the production target line have not been processed (NO in S5201), the process proceeds to step S5202, and whether the squares other than the production target line <1> are set to blank symbols is selected (S5202). The blank symbol is “●” or “▲” as described above (see FIG. 38). In this embodiment, whether or not to make a blank symbol “●” or “▲” is drawn in a one-third probability (predetermined probability). In this way, if the lottery is won (YES in S5203), the target cell lottery selected in step S5204 is determined to be the blank symbol “●” or “▲”. On the other hand, if it is not a lottery (NO in S5203), the process returns to step S5201. In this way, the above-described processing is repeated until all the cells other than the production target line are processed.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 79 (A), the cells other than the production target line <1> (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (11) (12) First, a blank (2) with the smallest number is selected to determine whether or not to make a blank symbol (S5202). Then, in the lottery of whether or not to make a blank symbol with the square (2) (YES in S5203), the square (2) is determined to be a blank symbol “●” (see FIG. 79B) (S5204). Then, returning to step S5201, it is determined NO in step S5201, and next, whether or not to make a blank symbol in the square (3) is selected (S5202). In this way, the above-described processing is repeated until the lottery for determining whether or not to make a blank symbol in the remaining cells (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (11) (12) is completed. In the example shown in FIG. 79 (B), it is shown that it is decided to display a blank symbol with squares (2), (4), and (11).

  In this way, in this embodiment, after determining the effect symbol 8X to be displayed in each square of the effect target line (S5104), first, as the effect symbol 8X displayed in each square other than the effect target line, whether to make a blank symbol or not. It has been decided (S5201, S5202, S5203, S5204). As a result, a relatively large number of blank symbols are stopped and displayed in each square other than the production target line, and it is possible to make the consciousness relatively turn to the numerical symbols that are stopped and displayed in each square of the production target line. Become. The blank symbol “●” or “▲” is simpler in appearance than the numeric symbol, pseudo-continuous symbol, and production development symbol. Therefore, the more blank symbols are displayed, the more the numeric symbol, production development symbol, pseudo-simulation symbol, and so on. The design becomes prominent.

  In particular, when there are many variable display portions 7b of 12 squares as in this embodiment, if there are no or very few blank symbols, the jackpot mode, pseudo-continuous display mode, and development effect mode are difficult to recognize, which is complicated. It may give an impression. Therefore, in this embodiment, by deciding that a blank symbol is positively displayed in each square other than the production target line, consciousness comes to be directed to the production symbol 8X displayed in each square of the production target line. It is possible to reduce the complexity of appearance.

  If it is determined in step S5201 that all the cells other than the production target line have been processed, the process proceeds to step S5205. In step S5205, as in step S5201, it is determined whether or not each square other than the production target line has been processed. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 79 (B), each square (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (11) (12) other than the production target line <1>. It is determined whether or not processing such as step S5206 described later has been executed.

  If all the cells other than the production target line have not been processed (NO in S5205), the process proceeds to step S5206, and it is determined whether or not the cells other than the production target line have been determined as blank symbols (S5206). If a blank symbol has been determined (YES in S5206), the process returns to step S5205. On the other hand, if the blank symbol has not been determined (NO in S5206), the effect symbol 8X is determined by lottery from among the effect symbols 8X that have not yet been determined by other squares (S5207). That is, in step S5207, among the cells other than the production target line, the production symbol 8X is determined from the production symbols 8X that are not yet scheduled to be displayed for the mass that has not yet been determined which production symbol 8X is to be stopped and displayed. It is supposed to be.

  In the example shown in FIG. 79 (B), it is determined that the blank symbols are stopped and displayed at the cells (2), (4), and (11) other than the production target line <1>. Therefore, since the blank symbol has already been determined for the square (2), YES is determined in step S5206, and the process returns to step S5205. In step S5205, NO is determined, and the process proceeds to step S5206. Next, since the blank (3) has not been determined as a blank symbol, the process proceeds to step S5207. In step S5207, the number symbols 3, 5, and 7 determined to be stopped and displayed on the production target line <1> are excluded, and the blank symbols “●” are not yet scheduled to be displayed. This indicates that the pseudo-continuous pattern “thick” vertically arranged from 8X is determined by lottery. In this way, the processing described above is repeated for the remaining cells (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), and (12), and cells (3), (6), (7), (8), (10), and (12). This indicates that different production symbols 8X have been determined.

  If it is determined in step S5205 that all the cells other than the production target line have been processed, this processing ends. As a result, in the non-reach process (S5003), the effect symbol 8X displayed in all 12 squares is determined. Thus, as shown in FIG. 57, the process proceeds from the non-reach process (S5003) to the other process (S5005). In the other process (S5005), the variation effect pattern includes information on the effect symbol 8X determined in all 12 squares. Thus, the variation effect pattern in the 12-mass throttle effect is created, and the 12-mass variation effect pattern creation process (S4505) is completed.

  In the present embodiment, the same effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed except for the effect symbol 8X and the blank symbol determined to be displayed on the effect target line in each square other than the effect target line by the process of step S5207 described above. (See FIGS. 79B and 79F). Therefore, in each square other than the production target line, the same production design 8X except for the blank design is not adjacent in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the diagonal direction. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the jackpot mode, the pseudo-continuous display mode, and the developed performance mode from being formed in each square other than the production target line.

  In particular, when there are many variable display portions 7b of 12 squares as in this embodiment, it is likely that two identical numerical symbols are aligned in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the diagonal direction in each square other than the production target line. Become. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the same numerical symbol is not stopped and displayed in each square other than the production target line by the process of step S5207 described above. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the reach mode from being achieved even when the production mode is the reach mode.

  In the example shown in FIG. 79 (B), the effect symbols 8X are stopped and displayed in the following stop order. That is, since the stop order is the basic stop order, first, as shown in FIG. 79 (C), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (1), (2), (11), and (12) are stopped and displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 79 (D), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (3), (4), (9), and (10) are stopped and displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 79 (E), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (5) and (8) are stopped and displayed. Finally, as shown in FIG. 79 (F), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (6) and (7) are stopped and displayed. In this way, an effect that does not become a reach mode but a lost mode (out of line) in the production target line <1> is executed. Note that “disengagement” means that the numerical design is broken.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 80, an effect that is out of order in the reverse stop order will be described. In this example, because there is no reach loss, the production contents of production No. 1 are drawn (S5001). Then, in the non-reach process (S5003), the reverse stop order is selected as the stop order (S5101). Next, in step S5102, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 63 is specified. Subsequently, in the production target line lottery process (S5103), the pattern 6 (see No. 6 in FIG. 41) is lottery with one line. That is, it is determined that the production target line <6> is out of position. Then, in step S5104, it is determined that the numerical symbol 2 is displayed by the square (2) according to the preset pattern, and the numeric symbol 6 is displayed by the square (7), as shown in FIG. It is determined that the stop display is performed, and it is determined that the numerical symbol 7 is stopped and displayed by the square (12).

  Thereafter, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line shown in step S5105 (see FIG. 59), as shown in FIG. 80B, the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <6> are determined. Is done. Since the stop order is the reverse stop order, first, as shown in FIG. 80 (C), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (6) and (7) are stopped and displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 80 (D), each effect symbol 8X determined in squares (5) and (8) is stopped and displayed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 80 (E), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (1), (4), (9), and (12) are stopped and displayed. Finally, as shown in FIG. 80 (F), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (2), (3), (10), and (11) are stopped and displayed. In this way, the effect that is not the reach mode but the lost mode is executed in the production target line <6>.

  [Reach Process] Next, the reach process (S5004) will be described. In the reach process (S5004), first, as shown in FIG. 60, one stop order is selected from four stop orders (basic stop order, reverse stop order, stop from left to right, stop from right to left). A lottery is performed (S5301). The process in step S5301 is the same as the process in step S5101 of the non-reach process (S5003) described above. That is, since the stop order is related to the contents of the effect, the stop order is determined based on the contents of the effect. Next, in step S5302, the number of reach lines is determined by lottery based on the production contents. The number of reach lines means the number of production target lines to be in the reach mode. Therefore, in the reach processing, the number of reach lines and the number of production target lines are the same. As will be described later, the production target line lottery table is specified according to the number of reach lines.

  Here, FIGS. 67 to 77 are diagrams showing the production target line lottery tables specified in the reach processing. As shown in FIGS. 66 to 77, the production target line lottery table is classified into the stop order and the number of reach lines. FIG. 67 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 1 regardless of the stop order (basic stop order, reverse stop order, stop from left to right, stop from right to left). is there.

  Looking at FIG. 67, the pattern is described. As described above, this pattern is a pattern for determining the position of the production target line, and corresponds to each line type pattern shown in FIGS. FIG. 67 is a table when the number of reach lines (the number of production target lines) is 1. For example, pattern 1 in FIG. 67 corresponds to pattern 1 in the one-line type shown in FIG. 67, it is described as the number of rotation lines at the time of development. This is the number remaining as the production target lines in the reach mode when the 2D effect or the 3D effect (development effect) described above is executed. Number of remaining reach lines). However, in the case of normal reach, since the development effect is not executed, the number of rotation lines during development is ignored.

  FIG. 68 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 2 in the case of stopping in the basic stop order or from left to right (displaying the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO”). . Referring to FIG. 68, the development rotation line No is described below the development rotation line number. The development rotation line No means a line that remains as an effect target line in the reach mode when the above-described 2D effect or 3D effect is executed.

  For example, in the case of pattern 1 in FIG. 68 where the number of rotation rotation lines is 1 and the rotation rotation line No is 2, leaving the production target line <2> in the 2-line pattern 1 shown in FIG. It means that the development effect is executed. In this case, after the reach mode is displayed on the production target line <1> <2>, the loss mode is displayed on the production target line <1>, and the reach mode is displayed on the production target line <1>. Development development will be executed as it is.

  Further, for example, in the case of pattern 1 in FIG. 68, when the number of rotation lines at development is 2 and the rotation line No at development is “all”, in the two-line pattern 1 shown in FIG. This means that the development effect is executed with both <2> left. In this case, after the reach mode is displayed on the production target line <1> <2>, the development production is executed without displaying the loss mode on the production target line <1> <2>. become. In FIGS. 69 to 77 described later, the same applies to the meaning of the development rotation line number and the development rotation line No.

  FIG. 69 is a table for determining the production target line when the number of reach lines is 2 in the reverse stop order or when stopping from right to left (displaying the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO”). . FIG. 70 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 3 in the case of stopping in the basic stop order or from left to right. FIG. 71 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 3 in the reverse stop order or when stopping from right to left.

  FIG. 72 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 4 in the case of stopping in the basic stop order or from left to right. FIG. 73 is a table for determining the production target line when the number of reach lines is 4 in the case of stopping in reverse stop order or from right to left. However, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 49, when the four production target lines are determined when the stop order is the reverse stop order, the same number symbols in the second row are aligned in the horizontal direction. Become. Therefore, these patterns are not set. Therefore, in this embodiment, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 73 is not used.

  FIG. 74 is a table for determining the production target line when the number of reach lines is 5 in the case of stopping in the basic stop order or from left to right. FIG. 75 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 5 in the case of stopping in reverse order or from right to left. However, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 50, when the five production target lines are determined when the stop order is the reverse stop order, the same number symbols in the horizontal direction are aligned in the second line. Become. Therefore, these patterns are not set. Therefore, in this embodiment, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 75 is not used.

  FIG. 76 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 8 in the basic stop order. As can be seen from FIG. 76, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 76 may be specified only when the effect contents of effect No. 15 are determined. Here, the effect content of effect No15 is the effect content in which the re-variable display by the pseudo ream is executed four times. For this reason, four pseudo-continuous display modes must be displayed. Therefore, when the content of the effect No. 15 is executed, in the temporary stop display, the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro”) is displayed and the horizontal aligned pseudo-continuous display mode (“TARO”) is not displayed. Yes. For these reasons, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 76 is not specified when stopping from the left to the right.

  FIG. 77 is a table for determining a production target line when the number of reach lines is 8 in reverse stop order. As can be seen from FIG. 77, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 77 may be specified only when the effect content of effect No. 15 is determined. For the same reason as described above, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 77 is not specified when stopping from the right to the left.

  Returning to the description of the reach processing (S5004) shown in FIG. After the stop order is drawn in lots in step S5301, the production control microcomputer 91 draws the number of reach lines in step S5302 based on the production contents. Here, when the reach process (S5004) is executed, the production contents are selected from the production contents of production Nos. 3 to 15 (S5001). In this embodiment, the production contents of production No. 3 ( Normal reach loss) and the production contents of production No. 6 (pseudo 2 loss) are not executed when the number of reach lines is 3 (triple reach) or more. That is, the production contents of No. 3 and the production contents of production No. 6 are to be executed when the number of reach lines is 1 or 2.

  This is to inform the player of the degree of expectation that the jackpot lottery is won according to the number of reach lines, so that the higher the number of reach lines, the easier it is Because it is. That is, when the number of reach lines is 3 or more, the expectation given to the player is relatively high. However, even if the player sees the number of reach lines of 3 or more, if normal reach or pseudo 2 with relatively low expectation is executed and loses, the reliability of notifying the expectation according to the number of reach lines Is reduced. For this reason, in this embodiment, the production contents of the normal reach loss or pseudo 2 loss are not executed when the number of reach lines is 3 or more.

  In this embodiment, the maximum number of reach lines may be set to 8, but when the player sees the number of reach lines of 8, the expectation given to the player is extremely high. From this, only when the production content of the production No. 15 (pseudo 4 + all rotation jackpot) is determined, the case where the number of reach lines is 8 can be drawn (see FIGS. 76 and 77). That is, when the production contents of production No. 3 to production No. 14 are determined, a case where the number of reach lines is 8 is not drawn.

  In this way, in step S5302, if the production contents of production No. 3 and production No. 6 are determined, the production control microcomputer 91 draws (decides) one or two of the reach lines. If the production contents of production No. 4 to production No. 5 and production No. 7 to production No. 14 are determined, one of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is selected as the number of reach lines. If the production contents of production No. 15 are lottery, one of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 is selected as the number of reach lines.

  In step S5303 following step S5302, one table is specified from the production target line lottery tables of FIGS. 67 to 77 based on the number of reach lines and the order of stoppage. For example, if the number of reach lines is determined as 1 (1 line) in the basic stop order, the table shown in FIG. 67 is specified. For example, if the number of reach lines is determined as 3 (3 lines) in the reverse stop order, the table shown in FIG. 71 is specified.

  In step S5304 following step S5303, the production control microcomputer 91 draws a production target line on the basis of the specified production target line lottery table and production contents (S5304). The process in step S5304 is the same as the process in step S5103 of the non-reach process (S5003) described above. However, in the production target line lottery tables of FIGS. 67 to 77, the number of rotation lines at the time of development and the number of rotation lines at the time of development are described. Therefore, in step S5304, the number and positions of the production target lines are determined, and when the development production is executed, the number of development rotation lines and which production target lines are left are decided.

  In step S5305 following step S5304, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines which effect symbol 8X is to be stopped and displayed in each square of the determined effect target line based on the effect contents. The process in step S5305 is the same as the process in step S5104 of the non-reach process (S5003) described above. That is, based on the production content and the number and position of the production target lines, the production design 8X pattern (production design display pattern) to be stopped and displayed at each square of the production target line is preset. Therefore, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines each effect symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at each square of the determined effect target line according to a preset pattern (S5305).

  In step S5306 following step S5305, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes symbol lottery processing for each square other than the effect target line. In the process of step S5306, a blank symbol or an effect symbol 8X that is not yet scheduled to be displayed is set in the same manner as the process of step S5105 (see FIG. 59) of the non-reach process (S5003) described above. Therefore, detailed description is omitted. In this way, the design symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed on each square other than the production target line is determined by the symbol lottery process (S5306) of each square other than the production target line. As a result, the effect design 8X to be displayed in all 12 squares has been determined, and the reach process (S5004) ends. Then, as shown in FIG. 57, in other processing (S5005), the variation effect pattern in the 12-mass throttle effect is created, and the 12-mass variation effect pattern creation processing (S4505) is completed.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 81, an effect that results in a normal reach loss in the case of the basic stop order will be described. In this example, since it is a normal reach lose, the production contents of production No. 3 are drawn (S5001). Next, in the reach process (S5004), the basic stop order is selected as the stop order (S5301). As shown in FIG. 81, in this example, 1 is drawn as the number of reach lines in step S5302. In step S5303, since the number of reach lines is 1 and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 67 is specified.

  Subsequently, in the production target line lottery process (S5304), the number of development rotation lines is lottery in pattern 1. Here, in the case of normal reach (normal reach loss and normal jackpot where the development effect is not executed), the number of rotation rotation lines 1 in FIG. 67 does not mean that the development effect is executed. In this case, it means that the number of rotation lines at the time of development is exceptionally ignored and normal reach is performed on the specified production target line. In this way, in the example shown in FIG. 81, it is determined that the normal reach is shifted in the production target line <1> (see No. 1 in FIG. 41).

  Then, in step S5305, it is determined that the numerical symbol 3 is displayed in squares (1) and (9) as shown in FIG. 81 (A) by a preset pattern (effect symbol display pattern). It is determined that the numerical symbol 2 is displayed in the square (5). In addition, since it is determined as the pattern 1 (see No. 1 in FIG. 41) in the basic stop order, in the state where the numerical symbol 3 is stopped and displayed in the squares (1) and (9), the production symbol 8X in the square (2). Is variably displayed to reach a reach mode.

  Thereafter, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line shown in step S5306 (see FIG. 59), as shown in FIG. 81B, the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <1> are determined. Is done. Since the stop order is the basic stop order, first, as shown in FIG. 81 (C), each effect symbol 8X determined by the squares (1), (2), (11), and (12) is stopped and displayed. Next, as shown in FIG. 81 (D), the effect symbols 8X determined by the squares (3), (4), (9), and (10) are stopped and displayed. At this time, the reach mode is established in the production target line <1>. Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 81 (D), the areas around the squares (1), (5), and (9) are lit in red, and the yellow straight lines are above the squares (1), (5), and (9). It is displayed. This makes it easy to recognize the production target line <1> in which the reach mode is established.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 81 (E), the numerical symbol 5 determined by the square (8) is stopped and displayed. At this time, it is the timing at which the numerical symbol 2 is stopped and displayed at the square (5), but since the reach mode is configured, the production symbol 8X remains variably displayed at the square (5). Next, as shown in FIG. 81 (F), each effect symbol 8X determined in squares (6) and (7) is stopped and displayed. Finally, as shown in FIG. 81 (G), the numerical symbol 2 is stopped and displayed in the square (2) in which the effect symbol 8X is variably displayed in the reach mode. In this way, an effect that causes a normal reach loss in the effect target line <1> is executed.

  In the above description, after the reach mode shown in FIG. 81 (D) is displayed, the state shown in FIG. 81 (E) is followed, and as shown in FIG. 81 (F), all the cells other than the reach mode are displayed. Each production symbol 8X is stopped and displayed. However, as soon as the reach mode shown in FIG. 81 (D) is displayed, each effect symbol 8X may be stopped and displayed in all squares other than the reach mode. Further, as shown in FIGS. 81D to 81F, a yellow straight line is still displayed on the squares (1), (5), and (9), but the straight line is displayed once. When it is done, it may be turned off or blinked. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the effect symbol 8X stopped and displayed in the effect target line <1> from becoming difficult to see.

  As can be seen from the examples shown in FIG. 79 to FIG. 81, in this embodiment, a plurality of preset production contents (production contents of No1 to No15) and a plurality of stop orders (basic stop order, reverse stop order, from the left) A plurality of effect target line lottery tables (tables shown in FIGS. 62 to 77) corresponding to “stop to the right, stop from right to left” are provided. Thereby, when executing the 12-mass throttle effect, the effect control microcomputer 91 first selects the effect contents (S5001), and selects the stop order (S5101, S5301). Then, based on the selected effect content and the selected stop order, one effect target line lottery table is specified from among a plurality of effect target line lottery tables. And the production target line is determined based on the specified production target line lottery table. Therefore, the specification of how the production target line is determined is clear, and the production can be easily managed.

  In particular, each production target line lottery table is divided into a table shown in FIGS. 62 to 66 that does not form a reach mode with the production target line and a table shown in FIGS. 67 to 77 that forms a reach mode with the production target line. ing. Furthermore, the tables shown in FIGS. 67 to 77 are divided according to the number of reach lines, which is the number of production target lines that are in the reach mode. Therefore, the effect control microcomputer 91 specifies the effect target line lottery table from the tables shown in FIGS. 62 to 66 when executing the effect that does not reach (S5102). On the other hand, in the case of executing an effect to reach, after determining the number of reach lines (S5302), the effect target line lottery table is determined from the tables shown in FIGS. 67 to 77 based on the determined number of reach lines ( S5303). In this way, even when one or more reach lines are formed in a 12-mass throttle effect, it is clear which effect target line lottery table is used, and it is possible to easily manage the effect. It has become.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 82, an effect that is a pseudo 2 loss will be described. In this example, since it is a pseudo 2 loss, the production content of production No. 6 is drawn (S5001). Here, the pseudo 2 lose is displayed after the temporary stop display of each effect symbol 8X, and then the re-variation display (re-variation 1), and again after the temporary stop display of each effect symbol and the re-change display (re-variation 2). This is an effect that is lost in a reach manner when each effect symbol 8X is finally stopped and displayed. That is, the re-variation display is performed twice. The process shown below is a process for determining each effect symbol 8X to be finally stopped and displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 82C, in this example, 1 is selected as the number of reach lines in step S5302. In step S5303, since the number of reach lines is 1 and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 67 is specified. Subsequently, it is determined that pattern 2 is drawn in the effect target line lottery process (S5304) and the normal reach is lost in the effect target line <2> (see No. 2 in FIG. 41). Next, in step S5305, as shown in FIG. 82D, it is determined that the numerical symbol 5 is displayed in the squares (2) and (10), and the numerical symbol 4 is stopped and displayed in the square (6). It is decided. Then, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line (S5306), as shown in FIG. 82D, the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <2> are determined.

  By the way, in the pseudo 2 lose, each effect symbol 8X to be finally stopped and displayed is determined as described above, but each effect symbol 8X to be temporarily stopped and displayed for the first time and each temporarily displayed to be temporarily stopped for the second time. The effect design 8X is determined as follows. In the example shown in FIG. 82, since it is in the basic stop order, that is, when not stopping from the left to the right or stopping from the right to the left, the pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro” is displayed in the temporary stop display. Is done. And since it is a case where re-variable display is performed twice by pseudo-2, in the case of the 1st time or the 2nd temporary stop display, one or two "Taro" will be displayed. That is, in this embodiment, as described above, the upper limit number of re-variable display performed when the pseudo-continuous display is performed is suggested by the number of pseudo-continuous display modes.

  Therefore, the pseudo continuous display mode displayed at the time of the first or second temporary stop display is a lottery of either the one-line type shown in FIG. 52 (A) or the two-line type shown in FIG. 52 (B). Determined by Specifically, one pattern is randomly selected from patterns (1-1) to (1-8) and patterns (2-1) to (2-12) shown in FIG. Determined by. Thereby, the number and position of the pseudo continuous display mode (“Taro”) displayed in the first and second temporary stop displays are determined.

  Thus, in the example shown in FIG. 82, in the first temporary stop display, “thick” is displayed in squares (5) and (6) according to the pattern (2-7) in FIG. 9) It is determined in (10) that “Buro” is displayed. In addition, in the second temporary stop display, “thick” is displayed in the square (6) and “Buro” is displayed in the square (10) according to the pattern (1-6) in FIG. It is decided. Then, in the squares other than the square where the pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro”) is displayed, the effect symbols 8X to be stopped are determined by the symbol lottery process (S5306) of each square other than the production target line. become.

  As described above, when an effect that is pseudo 2 loss is executed, as shown in FIG. 82 (A), the first stop order pattern (basic stop order) is used by “Taro” during the first temporary stop display. Two pseudo continuous display modes are displayed. This makes it possible for the player to recognize that the re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is executed at least twice at this time. In other words, the player can recognize that the re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is three or four times, and only two pseudo-continuous display modes by “Taro” happen to be displayed. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that many re-variable displays may be executed, and an effect that makes it difficult to get bored by the pseudo-ream is possible.

  Thereafter, in the example shown in FIG. 82, one pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro” is displayed by the first stop order pattern (basic stop order) during the second temporary stop display (FIG. 82B). reference). In the final stop display, the reach mode is displayed on the production target line <2> according to the first stop order pattern (basic stop order) (see FIG. 82 (C)), and the effect is lost. Is executed (see FIG. 82D).

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 83, an effect that is a big hit with pseudo 2 when stopping from the left to the right will be described. In this example, since it is a pseudo 2 big hit, the production contents of production No. 12 are drawn (S5001). Then, in the stop order lottery process (S5301), the case of stopping from the left to the right as the stop order (second stop order pattern) is drawn, and 1 is drawn as the number of reach lines in step S5302. Thereby, in step S5303, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 67 is specified. Subsequently, pattern 2 (not shown in FIG. 67) is drawn in the production target line lottery process (S5304), and it is determined that the production target line <2> is a big hit (see No. 2 in FIG. 41). Next, in step S5305, it is determined by the pattern 1 set in advance that the numerical symbol 3 is displayed in squares (2), (6), and (10) as shown in FIG. 83 (G). Then, by the symbol lottery process (S5306) of each square other than the production target line, as shown in FIG. 83 (G), the production design 8X to be stopped and displayed in each square other than the production target line <2> is determined. .

  Thus, as described above, each effect symbol 8X to be finally stopped and displayed is determined, and each effect symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at the first or second temporary stop display is determined as follows. In the example shown in FIG. 83, since the stop order is a stop from the left to the right (second stop order pattern), the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed during the temporary stop display. And since it is a case where the re-variable display is performed twice (upper limit number) by pseudo 2, one or two “TARO” is displayed in the first or second temporary stop display. Become.

  Therefore, the pseudo continuous display mode displayed in the first or second temporary stop display is a case of stopping from the left to the right (second stop order pattern), and is a one-line type shown in FIG. Alternatively, it is determined by lottery for either of the two-line types shown in FIG. That is, one pattern is determined by lottery from the patterns (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), (2-1), and (2-2) shown in FIG. As a result, the number and position of pseudo continuous display modes (“TARO”) displayed at the time of each temporary stop display are determined.

In this way, in the example shown in FIG. 83, “T” is displayed in the squares (1) and (5) according to the pattern (2-1) in FIG. 2) It is determined that “A” is displayed in (6), “R” is displayed in squares (3) and (7), and “O” is displayed in squares (4) and (8). In the second temporary stop display, “T” is displayed in the square (5) and “A” is displayed in the square (6) according to the pattern (1-2) in FIG. It is determined that “R” is displayed on the square (7) and “O” is displayed on the square (8). Then, in the squares other than the square where the pseudo continuous display mode (“TARO”) is displayed, the symbols are stopped as shown in FIGS. 83D and 83E by the symbol lottery process (S5306) of each square other than the production target line. Each effect symbol 8X to be displayed is determined.

  As described above, when an effect that is a pseudo 2 big hit is executed, as shown in FIGS. 83 (A) to 83 (D), each effect symbol 8X stops from the left to the right and is displayed at the first temporary stop display. Two pseudo continuous display modes by “TARO” are displayed on the lines <9> <10>. In addition, one pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed on the line <10> in the second temporary stop display. The pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed in this way, unlike the case where the above-described pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro” is displayed (see FIG. 82), the line <9> < 10> <11>. That is, in this embodiment, the lines <9> <10> <11> extending in the horizontal direction are lines in which the jackpot mode, the reach mode, the pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro”, and the development effect mode are not formed, Only a pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” may be formed.

  Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 83 (A) to 83 (D), when each effect symbol 8X stops from the left to the right (in the second stop order pattern), the player's attention is pseudo-continuous by “TARO”. Whether or not the display mode is established (whether or not the re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is executed) can be directed. Therefore, the display modes that can be established according to the stop order (such as the pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro”, the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO”) are different, and it is possible to suppress the monotonous game.

  When stopping from the left to the right, of all the lines <1> to <11> that can be formed by the 12-mass throttle effect, the lines <9> <10> <11> become effective lines, and these effective Lines <9>, <10>, and <11> can be production lines. Therefore, when the player stops from the left to the right, the player may notice that the lines <1> to <8> are not valid lines, and the display mode of the lines <9> to <11> extending in the horizontal direction is changed. Pay attention.

  Thus, in this embodiment, when the first stop order pattern (basic stop order or reverse stop order) is selected, lines <1> to <8> out of all lines <1> to <11> are valid lines. Thus, any one of these effective lines <1> to <8> is an effect target line. On the other hand, when the second stop order pattern (stop from left to right or stop from right to left) is selected, lines <9> to <11> are valid among all lines <1> to <11>. One of these effective lines <9> to <11> is a production target line. Therefore, as apparent from the comparison of the examples shown in FIGS. 81 (C) to 81 (F) and FIGS. 83 (A) to 83 (D), the effective line changes due to the different stop order, and the player pays attention. The line changes. Therefore the player expected or notable hardly attached in advance which line (which variable display portions 7b of the 12 variable display portion 7b of). Therefore, it is possible to give a novel impression to the player at the time of stop display on each variable display portion 7b in the 12-mass throttle effect.

  In the example shown in FIG. 83, after the re-variation is executed twice, the reach mode is displayed in the production target line <2> when the final stop display is performed (see FIG. 83 (F)). At that time, each effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the first stop order pattern (basic stop order). Thereafter, the big hit mode is displayed in the production mode line <2> (see FIG. 83G). In this way, when stopping from the left to the right, an effect that is a big hit with pseudo 2 is executed.

  As can be seen from the examples shown in FIGS. 82 and 83, the pseudo continuous display mode by “Taro” is displayed in the vertical direction, whereas the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed in the horizontal direction. . Therefore, it is possible to clearly distinguish different pseudo-continuous display modes. In particular, the pseudo-continuous display mode by “Taro” is displayed on the two variable display portions 7b arranged in the vertical direction, and the pseudo-continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed on the four variable display portions 7b arranged in the horizontal direction. It is possible to give an unprecedented novel impression as a pseudo continuous display mode.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. In this example, since it is a pseudo 2 gasse, the production contents of production No. 2 are drawn (S5001). Here, the pseudo 2 gasses appear as if the re-variable display is performed twice in the pseudo-ream, and at the time of the first re-variable display, the pseudo-continuous display mode is not displayed and is lost. It is. That is, the reach mode is not displayed in the final stop display.

  Therefore, in the non-reach process (S5003), the stop order lottery process is first executed. In the example shown in FIG. 84, the case of stopping from the left to the right (second stop order pattern) is selected (S5101). Next, the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 66 is specified based on the production content (pseudo 2 gasses) and the stop order (stop from left to right) (S5102). Subsequently, in the example shown in FIG. 84, the two-line pattern 1 (see FIG. 56) is drawn by the effect target line lottery process (S5103), and the effect target line <10> <11> is determined.

  Thereby, in step S5104, it is determined that the blank symbol “●” is displayed on the square (4) of the production target line <10>, as shown in FIG. Then, it is determined that the blank symbol “表示” is displayed on the square (8) of the production target line <11>. Then, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line (S5105), as shown in FIG. 84C, the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <10> <11> are determined.

  Thus, as described above, each effect symbol 8X that is finally stopped and displayed (becomes a frustration) is determined, and each effect symbol 8X that is displayed at the time of the first temporary stop display is described with the above-described pseudo two jackpots. Since the determination is performed in the same manner as described above, the description is omitted. In the pseudo 2 gaset, the number of times that the re-variable display is actually performed is 1 time (upper limit number), but one or two pseudo continuous display modes by “TARO” may be displayed in the temporary stop display. It has come to be.

  As described above, in the case where an effect that is pseudo 2 gussets is executed, as shown in FIG. 84A, “TARO” is displayed at the time of temporary stop display when stopping from left to right (in the second stop order pattern). The player who has seen one pseudo-continuous display mode by "" thinks that only one pseudo-continuous display mode by "TARO" was displayed at that time, and the re-variable display by the pseudo-continuous mode is executed two or more times. You can expect. Then, as shown in FIG. 84 (B), two “TAR” s, which are part of the pseudo continuous display mode, were observed while performing the stop from the left to the right (stop by the second stop order pattern). The player expects that at that time, two pseudo continuous display modes by “TARO” will be established. However, as shown in FIG. 84 (C), two pseudo continuous display modes by “TARO” are not established, and an effect of pseudo two gussets is executed.

  As described above, even if a part of the pseudo-continuous display mode (“TAR”) is displayed due to the effect of pseudo 2 gasses, the pseudo-continuous display mode may not be established. That is, it is not determined that the pseudo continuous display mode is established only by displaying a part of the pseudo continuous display mode. Therefore, even if the player sees a part of the pseudo continuous display mode (for example, “TA”, “TAR”, etc.), it is not known whether or not the re-variable display is executed at that time. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player who has seen a part of the pseudo-continuous mode from being bored with the effect of the pseudo-continuous display mode, convinced that the re-variable display is executed at that time. .

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 85, an effect that is a pseudo 3D to 2D effect jackpot will be described. In this example, the production contents of production No. 13 are drawn (S5001). Here, the effect from the pseudo 3 to the 2D effect jackpot is an effect that develops after the re-variable display is executed three times by the pseudo 3 and the reach aspect is configured, and is a jackpot after the 2D effect. Therefore, before the development effect is executed, each effect symbol 8X displayed in the third re-variation display is determined as follows.

  In the example shown in FIG. 85, in the reach processing (S5004), first, the basic stop order (first stop order pattern) is drawn by the stop order lottery process (S5301). Next, the number of reach lines is drawn based on the production contents (S5302). As described above, in the case of the production content of production No. 13 (pseudo 3 + 2D production jackpot), one of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is selected as the number of reach lines. In the example shown in FIG. 85, 2 is selected as the number of reach lines (see FIG. 85D). In step S5303, since the number of reach lines is two and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 68 is specified. Subsequently, in the production target line lottery process (S5304), the development rotation line No1 is drawn in a pattern 1 (see No1 in FIG. 42) with the development rotation line number 1.

  As a result, in the example shown in FIG. 85, it is determined that the reach target line <1> <2> is the reach mode. Then, since the number of rotation lines at the time of development is 1, it is determined that the number of production target lines in the reach mode that remains before execution of the development effect is one. Further, since it is the rotation line No1 at the time of development, the reach mode display line <1> of the production target line <1> <2> is left with the reach mode display, and the reach loss mode is displayed on the production target line <2>. , It is determined that the development effect is executed. The reach lose mode is a display mode that does not become a big hit mode when the effect symbol 8X that has been variably displayed in the reach mode is stopped and displayed.

  Then, in step S5305, it is determined that the numerical symbol 5 is displayed in squares (1), (2), (9), and (10) as shown in FIG. It is determined that the numerical symbol 4 is displayed in the square (6). Thereafter, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line shown in step S5306 (see FIG. 59), as shown in FIG. 85 (D), the production symbols for each square other than the production target line <1> <2>. 8X is determined.

  Thus, as described above, each effect symbol 8X displayed in the third re-variable display is determined, and each effect symbol 8X displayed in the first, second, and third temporary stop displays is described above. Since it is the same as the determination method described in the pseudo 2 loss, the description is omitted. In the example shown in FIG. 85, it is determined by lottery that “Taro” is displayed in the pattern (1-5) of FIG. 78A at the first temporary stop display, and the second temporary stop is displayed. At the time of display, it is determined by lottery that “Taro” is displayed in the pattern (3-1) in FIG. 78 (A), and in the third temporary stop display, the pattern ( It is determined by lottery that it is displayed in 2-6).

  As described above, when an effect that is a big hit of 2D effect is performed from the pseudo 3 to the first temporary stop display, each first stop order pattern (basic stop order) as shown in FIG. In the second temporary stop display, the effect design 8X is displayed as shown in FIG. 85B by the first stop order pattern (basic stop order), and the third temporary stop display is displayed. In the stop display, each effect symbol 8X is displayed by the first stop order pattern (basic stop order) as shown in FIG. 85 (C). Then, after the third temporary stop display, the third re-variation is performed, and the first stop order pattern (basic stop order) causes the production target lines <1> and <2> as shown in FIG. 85 (D). The reach mode is displayed. That is, it becomes double reach which becomes a reach mode with two production target lines <1> <2>.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 85 (E) from the state shown in FIG. 85 (D), in the production target line <2>, the numerical symbol 4 is stopped and displayed on the square (6), and a reach lose mode is achieved. On the other hand, in the production target line <1>, the production design 8X continues to be variably displayed in the square (5), and the development production is executed. In this embodiment, the numerical design in the reach mode is set as a reference symbol (see FIG. 40), and when the effect symbol 8X is variably displayed (rotated) beyond the reference symbol + 1 symbol, the development effect is executed. It has become. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 85 (E), since the number symbol 5 in the reach mode is the reference symbol and the reference symbol + 1 symbol becomes the number symbol 6, the number (5) exceeds the number symbol 6 The effect design 8X rotates and the development effect is executed.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 85 (F), when the 2D effect is executed as the development effect, the twelve variable display portions 7b are not displayed on the display screen 7a. Then, a two-dimensional, two-headed character appears on the display screen 7a and an effect is made to expect whether or not it is a big hit. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 85 (G), the decorative symbols “7”, “7”, and “7” are arranged, and the jackpot effect is executed. As described above, in this embodiment, after the reach mode is configured on the production target line with the 12-mass throttle production, it is possible to execute the development production (2D production, 3D production) with a higher expectation of winning the jackpot lottery than the normal reach. It is. For this reason, it is possible to increase the number of executable effects that can be produced, making it difficult for the player to get bored.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 86, an effect that becomes a 2D effect loss after the 3 line reach is changed to the 1 line reach will be described. In this example, since the 2D effect is lost, the effect contents of effect No. 4 are selected (S5001). In the reach process (S5004), the basic stop order (first stop order pattern) is selected by the stop order lottery process (S5301) (S5301). Next, in step S5002, 3 is drawn as the number of reach lines. Thus, in step S5303, since the number of reach lines is 3 and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 70 is specified. Subsequently, in the production target line lottery process (S5304), in the pattern 3 (see No. 3 in FIG. 43), the development rotation line No. 5 is drawn with the development rotation line number 1.

  Thereby, in the example shown in FIG. 86, it is determined that the reach target line is <1> <4> <5>. Since the number of rotation lines at the time of development is 1, it is determined that the number of reach lines remaining before execution of the development effect is one. Furthermore, since the rotation line is No. 5 at the time of development, among the production target lines <1>, <2>, and <5>, the display of the reach mode is left in the production target line <5>, and the production target lines <1> and <2> The reach loss mode is displayed and it is determined that the development effect is executed.

  In step S5305, as shown in FIGS. 86 (B) and 86 (C), the numerical symbol 2 is displayed in squares (1), (4), (9), (11), and (12) according to a preset pattern. It is determined that the numerical symbol 8 is displayed by the square (5), and the numerical symbol 1 is determined by the square (8). Thereafter, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line shown in step S5306 (see FIG. 59), as shown in FIG. 86C, each square other than the production target line <1> <4> <5>. The effect design 8X displayed is determined. In this way, each effect symbol 8X that is stopped and displayed before the development effect is executed is determined.

  As described above, when an effect that is a 2D effect loss is executed after the 3 line reach is changed to the 1 line reach, first, as shown in FIG. 86 (A), the production target lines <1>, <4>, and <5>. The reach mode is displayed. In other words, the triple reach is a reach mode with three production target lines <1>, <2>, and <5>. Here, in this embodiment, when the reach mode is displayed by a plurality of production target lines, the production symbols (numerical symbols) 8X forming each reach mode are displayed as the same production symbol 8X.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 86A, all the effect symbols 8X forming the reach aspect with the three effect target lines <1>, <2>, and <5> are the same number symbol 2. Therefore, it is possible to make it easier to grasp the number of reach modes as compared to the case where the design symbols 8X forming the reach mode are different for each production target line. That is, as shown in FIG. 86 (A), it is possible to make it easier for the player to grasp that the reach is triple reach.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 86 (B) from the state shown in FIG. 86 (A), in the production target line <1>, the numerical symbol 8 is stopped and displayed on the square (5), and the reach lose mode is set. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 86 (C) from the state shown in FIG. 86 (B), in the production target line <4>, the numerical symbol 1 is stopped and displayed on the square (8), and the reach lose mode is set. On the other hand, in the production target line <5>, the production design 8X continues to be variably displayed in the square (6), and the development production is executed. In the example shown in FIG. 86 (C), as described above, the number symbol 2 in the reach mode is used as the reference symbol, and the reference symbol + 1 symbol becomes the number symbol 3. For this reason, the effect design 8X rotates by exceeding the number design 3 in the square (6), and the development effect is executed.

  Here, in the present embodiment, when the reach lose mode is formed after the reach mode is displayed with a plurality of production target lines, the numerical symbols shown below are stopped and displayed on the variably displayed squares. Yes. In other words, the numerical design in the reach mode is used as the reference symbol, and any one of the four types of reference symbol-3 symbol, reference symbol-2 symbol, reference symbol-1 symbol, reference symbol + 1 symbol is stopped and displayed. I am doing so.

  Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 86 (A), since the numerical symbol 2 is the reference symbol, any one of the numerical symbol 7, the numerical symbol 8, the numerical symbol 1, and the numerical symbol 3 is included in the squares (5) and (8). There is a possibility that one of them will stop display. For these reasons, the numerical symbol 8 is stopped and displayed on the square (5) as shown in FIG. 86 (B), and the numerical symbol 1 is stopped and displayed on the square (8) as shown in FIG. 86 (C). In this way, according to the present embodiment, when the reach manner is formed after the reach manner is displayed by a plurality of production target lines, the number symbol (in FIG. 86 (A) (B), for example, the number design is largely separated) from the reference symbol. 6 etc.) is prevented from being stopped.

  In this way, in the example shown in FIG. 86, after changing from the 3 line reach to the 1 line reach, the effect is developed as shown in FIG. 86 (D), and the 2D effect is executed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 86 (E), the decorative symbols “7”, “6”, and “7” are stopped and lost. The operational effects of the example shown in FIG. 86 will be described in comparison with the example shown in FIG. 87 after describing the example shown in FIG. 87 below.

  Next, with reference to the example shown in FIG. 87, an effect that is a 3D effect jackpot with 3 line reach will be described. In this example, since it is a 3D effect jackpot, the effect content of effect No11 is lottery (S5001). Since the reach line number is 3 and the basic stop order (first stop order pattern) is the same as the example shown in FIG. 86 described above, in step S5303, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 70 is specified. The Next, by the production target line lottery process (S5304), the development rotation line No “all” is drawn by the number of development rotation lines No. 3 in pattern 3 (see No. 3 in FIG. 43).

  Thereby, in the example shown in FIG. 87, it is determined that the reach target line <1> <4> <5> is in the reach mode. Since the number of rotation lines at the time of development is 3, it is determined that the number of reach lines remaining before execution of the development effect is three. Further, since the rotation line No. “all” at the time of development, it is determined that the display of the reach mode is left in all the production target lines <1>, <4>, and <5>, and the development effect is executed. Subsequently, since the processes shown in step S5305 and step S5306 are the same as the example shown in FIG. 86 described above, description thereof will be omitted. In this way, each effect symbol 8X that is stopped and displayed before the development effect is executed is determined.

  As described above, when an effect that is a big hit in 3D effect is executed with 3 line reach, as shown in FIG. 87 (A), a triple that becomes reach with 3 effect target lines <1>, <4>, and <5>. Reach. And unlike the example shown in FIG. 86 described above, the reach loss mode is not displayed in the production target line <1> <4>, and the production design 8X continues to be variably displayed in the squares (5), (6), (8) The development effect will be executed. That is, the number of reach lines remaining before execution of the development effect is three.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 87 (B), when the 3D effect is executed as the development effect, an effect that makes it possible to expect whether or not a three-dimensional eight-headed character appears on the display screen 7a and is a big hit is executed. The Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 87 (C), the decorative symbols “7”, “7”, and “7” are arranged, and the jackpot effect is executed.

  By the way, in this embodiment, as described above, in order to notify the player of the degree of expectation that the player has won the jackpot lottery, the greater the number of reach lines (the number of production target lines in which the reach aspect is formed), It is set so that an effect with a high expectation is easily executed (see FIGS. 67 to 77). For this reason, when the content of the production (production content of production Nos. 4, 5, 7, and 8) in which the development production (2D production or 3D production) is executed is drawn, except for the production content that is a big hit, the number of reach lines is It must be 3 or more. In other words, when the number of reach lines is 3 or more, it is determined that a development effect with a relatively high degree of expectation is executed, except in the case of a big win. Therefore, if the player sees that the number of reach lines is 3 or more, the player increases the expectation of winning the jackpot as compared with 1 or 2 reach lines.

  Here, as a feature of the present embodiment, the number of reach lines remaining before the execution of the development effect is changed as in the examples shown in FIGS. 86 and 87. And, as the number of remaining reach lines is larger, among the development effects, the development effect having a high expectation level that the winning lottery is won is more easily executed. Specifically, if the number of reach lines remaining before the execution of the development effect is three or more, it is determined that the 2D effect is not executed and the 3D effect is executed. For example, looking at the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 70, in the production content of production No4 (2D production loss), if the number of rotation lines at the time of development is 1 or 2, the number to be drawn is assigned. On the other hand, when the number of rotation lines at the time of development is 3, the number to be drawn is not allocated (0).

  Thus, as in the example shown in FIGS. 86 and 87, if the reach mode is reached with three or more production target lines, it is determined that the development production (2D production or 3D production) is executed. It is expected that the development effect will be executed with as many reach modes as possible after three or more reach modes are formed. That is, as in the example shown in FIG. 87, if the number of reach lines remaining before the execution of the development effect is 3 or more, it is determined that the 3D effect will be executed. Expectation increases. On the other hand, as in the example shown in FIG. 86, if the number of remaining reach lines is 1, either the 2D effect or the 3D effect is executed. Can not.

  Therefore, the player can grasp the degree of expectation of jackpot by the number of remaining reach lines before executing the development effect. In this way, it is possible to notify a new jackpot expectation using the number of remaining reach lines. Specifically, in this embodiment, a new effect that causes the player to expect that the development effect will be executed early and three or more reach modes will remain after reaching the reach mode with three or more target lines. Is possible.

In this embodiment, assuming that the development effect is executed, the contents of the effect differ as follows according to the number of reach lines remaining before the execution of the development effect.
The number of remaining reach lines is 1 = 2D production or 3D production The number of remaining reach lines is 2 = 2D production or 3D production The number of remaining reach lines is 3 = 3D production The number of remaining reach lines is 4 = 3D production Reach line remaining The number is 5 = jackpot confirmed (this is the number of rotation lines at the time of development in the production target line lottery table shown in FIG. 74, and when the development rotation line No “all” is seen, the numbers are only from production No 9 to production No 15 This is because they are not allocated, however, a normal jackpot or a pseudo two jackpot will be a jackpot without any development development).

  In this way, in step S5302 of this embodiment, the number of reach lines that remain is increased as the development effect with high expectation among the development effects, in other words, the number of reach lines remaining as the development effect with low expectation is reduced. The number of reach lines is determined so that

  Next, the icon effect development will be described with reference to the examples shown in FIGS. Unlike the 2D effects or 3D effects described above, the icon effect development is a development effect mode in which three effect development symbols (card design, pencil design, eraser design) are aligned vertically or diagonally. Sometimes, it is a development effect that is executed in accordance with the development pattern.

  In this embodiment, the icon effect development is normal reach loss (effect contents of effect No. 3), 2D effect loss (effect contents of effect No. 4), 3D effect loss (effect contents of effect No. 5), 2D effect jackpot (effect contents of effect No. 10) ) When the 3D effect jackpot (the effect content of effect No11) is executed, it is also executed. That is, the production contents of production Nos. 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11 include a case where icon production development is executed and a case where execution is not executed.

  The example shown in FIG. 88 is an example in which icon effect development is executed when an effect that causes a normal reach loss is executed. Therefore, the production contents of production No. 3 are drawn (S5001). However, although the normal content is lost as the effect, when the icon effect development is executed, the reach aspect is not configured in the effect target line as shown in FIG. become.

  After the effect content lottery process (S5001), in the reach process (S5004), the basic stop order (first stop order pattern) is selected as the stop order (S5301). Next, in this example, in step S5302, 1 is selected as the number of reach lines. In step S5303, since the number of reach lines is 1 and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 67 is specified. Subsequently, it is determined that the pattern 2 is drawn in the production target line lottery process (S5304) and the development production mode is formed in the production target line <2> (see No. 2 in FIG. 41).

  Next, in step S5305, as shown in FIG. 88 (A), according to the pattern set in advance based on the effect content of executing the icon effect development, the card symbols are shown in squares (2), (6), and (10). Is determined to be displayed. Then, by the symbol lottery process (S5306) for each square other than the production target line, as shown in FIG. 88 (A), the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <2> are determined.

  As described above, when an effect that causes an icon effect development loss is executed, each effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the basic stop order (first stop order pattern), and as shown in FIG. In <2>, three card designs are gathered to form a development effect. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 88 (B), the development effect according to the card symbol is executed. In the development effect by the card design of this embodiment, a dealer appears at the center of the display screen 7a, and playing cards are distributed to the dealer and the player (player). At this time, the playing cards are on the back side where the numbers are not visible.

  Thereafter, each playing card dealt to the dealer and the player is turned over so that each playing card becomes a surface on which numbers can be seen. Thus, if the number of playing cards distributed to the dealer is larger than the number of playing cards distributed to the player, the player loses. On the other hand, if the number of playing cards distributed to the player is larger than the number of playing cards distributed to the dealer, the player wins. In the example shown in FIG. 88, the effect content is a normal reach lose, and therefore, as shown in FIG. 88 (C), the player loses and the effect that is lost is executed.

  On the other hand, the example shown in FIG. 89 is an example in which icon effect development is executed when an effect that is a 2D effect jackpot is executed. Therefore, in the effect content lottery process (S5001), the effect content of effect No. 10 is selected. After step S5001, in the reach process (S5004), it is assumed that the basic stop order is selected as the stop order (S5301). Next, in this example, in step S5302, 1 is selected as the number of reach lines. In step S5303, since the number of reach lines is 1 and the order is the basic stop order, the effect target line lottery table shown in FIG. 67 is specified. Subsequently, it is determined that the pattern 5 is drawn in the production target line lottery process (S5304), and the development production mode is formed in the production target line <5> (see No. 5 in FIG. 41).

  Next, in step S5305, as shown in FIG. 89 (A), according to the pattern set in advance based on the effect content of executing the icon effect development, the cards (1), (6), and (11) are used as card symbols. Is determined to be displayed. Then, by the symbol lottery process for each square other than the production target line (S5306), as shown in FIG. 89A, the production symbols 8X for each square other than the production target line <5> are determined.

  As described above, in the case where an effect that is an icon effect development jackpot is executed, as shown in FIG. 89 (A), first, three card symbols are arranged on the effect target line <5> to form an expanded effect mode. Thereby, as shown to FIG. 89 (B), the expansion effect according to a card design is performed. In the example shown in FIG. 89, the content of the effect is a 2D effect jackpot, and as shown in FIG. 89C, the player wins and the 2D effect is executed as the development effect. Then, as shown in FIG. 89 (D), an effect is produced in which a two-dimensional, two-headed character is expected to make a big hit. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 89 (E), the decorative symbols “7”, “7”, and “7” are arranged, and an effect that is a big hit is executed.

  In the above-described example, the development effect executed according to the card design when the development effect mode by the card design is formed is described. However, when the development effect mode by the pencil design is formed, the pencil design is changed to the pencil design. The corresponding development effect is executed in the same manner. Further, when the development effect mode with the eraser symbol is formed, the development effect corresponding to the eraser symbol is similarly executed. Therefore, the description about the icon production development by the pencil design or the eraser design is omitted. The type of icon effect development is not limited to the card design, pencil design, and eraser design described above, and can be changed as appropriate as long as the design suggests the development destination.

  In this way, in this embodiment, not only when the jackpot mode by the numerical design or the pseudo continuous display mode by the pseudo-continuous design is formed for the production target line, but also when the development production mode by the production development design is formed, A predetermined effect (icon development effect) is executed. Therefore, for the player, attention is paid to many kinds of symbols on the production target line, and it is possible to make the production difficult to get tired of.

8). Effects of the present embodiment According to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the basic stop order of the first stop order pattern is selected in the 12-mass throttle effect, for example, as shown in FIG. 81, the lines <1> to <1 8> is an effective line. Then, the production target line <1> is determined from the effective lines <1> to <8>, and the reach mode is displayed. On the other hand, for example, as shown in FIG. 83, when stopping from the left to the right, the lines <9> to <11> are effective lines. In the first temporary stop display, the production target line <9><10> is determined from the effective lines <9> to <11>, and the pseudo continuous display mode by “TARO” is displayed. Therefore, it is difficult to predict which line (which variable display part 7b among all the variable display parts 7b) should be noted among all the lines <1> to <11>, and it is difficult to become a monotonous game. In this way, it is possible to prevent the player from getting bored by the change of the stop order and the active line.

  Also, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the effective line <9> to <11> of the second group does not display the jackpot mode, the reach mode, and the development effect mode, and is simulated by “TARO”. The continuous display mode may be displayed on the line. Therefore, when the effect symbol 8X is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern (basic stop order or reverse stop order), whether or not the re-variable display (pseudo-continuous) is made exclusively with the player's attention. Can be directed. Therefore, it is possible to increase the effect of the pseudo-ream according to the stop order. In this embodiment, the second group effective lines <9> to <11> are configured so that the jackpot mode, reach mode, and development effect mode are not displayed. However, the jackpot mode, reach mode, and development are not displayed. You may comprise so that an effect aspect may be displayed. In this case, for example, only when the second stop order pattern (stop from left to right, stop from right to left) is selected, the big hit mode and reach are applied to the effective lines <9> to <11> of the second group. A mode and a development effect mode may be displayed. In addition, the above-described modes may be displayed only when one stop order (stop from left to right or stop from right to left) is selected from the second stop order patterns.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, there are, for example, three lines on which the pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro” or “TARO”) is displayed in the initial temporary stop display when the pseudo-ream is executed. At that time, the player can be made aware that the number of times the re-variable display is executed is three or more. In addition, the higher the number of pseudo-reams, the higher the degree of expectation for jackpots, so it is possible to have expectations for the jackpots sooner by suggesting more pseudo-reams earlier. For example, as shown in FIG. 85 (A), in the first temporary stop display when the pseudo-ream is executed, even if there is one line (line <1>) where “Taro” is displayed, At that time, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that many re-variable displays may be executed (two or more times). As described above, in addition to whether or not the pseudo-continuous display mode is established, it is possible to make the player aware of the number of lines displayed in the pseudo-continuous display mode. It is possible to enhance the production effect.

  Moreover, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, four variable display portions (mass) 7b are arranged in the horizontal direction and three in the vertical direction. Then, “Taro” is displayed with two cells arranged in the vertical direction, and “TARO” is displayed with four cells arranged in the horizontal direction. Therefore, different pseudo-continuous display modes (“Taro”, “TARO”) can be clearly distinguished, and a novel impression can be given by the pseudo-continuous display modes having different numbers of characters. Further, for example, the number of effective lines (the number of reach lines) is increased as compared with the case where three variable display portions are arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Many can be formed.

9. Modified Examples Hereinafter, modified examples will be described. In the description of the modification, the same components as those of the first form of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first form, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the above embodiment, there are two stop order patterns, the first stop order pattern and the second stop order pattern, but may be three or more. In this case, for example, stop from top to bottom (First, the effect design 8X is stopped and displayed at squares (1), (2), (3) and (4), and then at squares (5), (6), (7) and (8). Stop display, and finally stop display with squares (9), (10), (11), and (12)) and when stopping from bottom to top (first with squares (9), (10), (11), and (12) Stop display, then stop display with squares (5) (6) (7) (8), and finally stop display with squares (1) (2) (3) (4)). Use stop order pattern. When the first stop order pattern is selected, the lines <5> to <8> extending in the diagonal direction become effective lines, and when the second stop order pattern is selected, the lines extending in the horizontal direction. When <9> to <11> are effective lines and the third stop order pattern is selected, the variation is increased such that the lines <1> to <4> extending in the vertical direction are effective lines. May be.

  In the above embodiment, the lines <1> to <8> in the first group and the lines <9> to <11> in the second group are different from each other. A part of the line of the group may be common. That is, for example, the first group line may be <1> to <8>, and the second group line may be <5> to <11>.

  In the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, four variable display portions (mass) 7b are arranged in the horizontal direction and three in the vertical direction, and the total number of variable display portions 7b is 12. However, the arrangement and number of variable display portions can be changed as appropriate as long as a plurality of effective lines in which three or more variable display portions are arranged in one direction are formed. For example, as an example in which the number of variable display units is smaller than that of this embodiment, there may be a case where three variable display units are arranged in the horizontal direction and two variable display units are arranged in the vertical direction. It may be a case where three are arranged in the direction. Alternatively, three variable display units may be arranged in the horizontal direction and four variable display units may be arranged in the vertical direction. Furthermore, in order to increase the number of production target lines (the number of reach lines) as compared with this embodiment, five variable display portions may be arranged in the horizontal direction. That is, the number of effective lines is not limited to 11 as in the present embodiment, and can be appropriately changed depending on the number and arrangement of the variable display portions 7b.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when the effect design variable display is executed four times after the transition from the high-accuracy high-base state to the low-accuracy low-base state (based on the start condition being satisfied), the 12-mass throttle effect is executed. However, the start condition for executing the 12-mass throttle effect can be changed as appropriate. For example, it may be immediately after the transition to the low accuracy low base state, immediately after the transition to the high accuracy high base state, or immediately after the transition to the low probability low base state, or the like. Further, in the 12-mass throttle effect, it is set so that the effect symbol variable display is executed 30 times unless a big win is won, but it may be more or less than 30 times.

  Also, in the above embodiment, the blank symbol is “●” or “▲”, but the blank symbol is simpler in appearance than the numeric symbol, production development symbol, vertically aligned pseudo-continuous symbol, and side-by-side pseudo-continuous symbol. For example, “■” may be used.

  Moreover, in the said form, although it determined so that a blank symbol might be stopped and displayed with the probability of 1/3 in each square other than the production target line, you may make the probability to stop display larger than 1/3. In this case, more blank symbols are stopped and displayed in each square other than the production target line, and the production target line can be more easily recognized. On the other hand, the probability of stop display may be smaller than one third. As a result, it is possible to suppress the display of too many blank symbols that signify a loss.

  In the above embodiment, the blank design is determined to be stopped and displayed in each square other than the production target line, but the production development design (card design, pencil design, eraser design) may be determined to be stopped and displayed. . In this case, a relatively large number of effect development symbols that are not numeric symbols are displayed in each square other than the effect target line. However, since the development development symbol does not constitute a big hit mode, it is difficult to be aware of each square other than the production target line. Therefore, it becomes possible to make the consciousness turn to the production target line on which the numerical symbols are displayed relatively.

  Further, in the above-described form, the effect symbol 8X is determined from the effect symbols 8X that are not yet scheduled to be displayed for the cells that have not been determined as to which effect symbol 8X is to be stopped and displayed among the cells other than the effect target line. (S5207). Thereby, it was possible to stop and display the production symbols 8X so that the production symbols 8X are different from each other except the square where the blank symbols are stopped and displayed among the squares other than the production target line. However, except for the square where the blank symbol is stopped and displayed among the squares other than the production target line, if the number of the same effect symbols 8X is up to two, the stop display may be performed. In this case, more preferably, the same effect design 8X can be stopped and displayed if it is up to two without adjoining in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the diagonal direction.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the effect control microcomputer 91 determines that the mode status is “5” (effect mode E) (YES in S4503), it executes a 12-mass variation effect (S4505). However, the game control microcomputer 81 includes information for executing the 12-mass variation effect in the variation start command, and the effect control microcomputer 91 receives the variation start command including the information for executing the 12-mass variation effect. Thus, a 12-mass variation effect may be executed.

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, when the effect content is the effect content (effects No. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15) for executing the pseudo-ream, the effect control microcomputer 91 The number and position of pseudo continuous display modes displayed at the time of each temporary stop display were determined by lottery from the pseudo continuous display mode patterns shown in FIG. However, the number and positions of pseudo continuous display modes displayed at the time of each temporary stop display may be determined in a preset pattern by the processing in step S5104 or step S5305. In addition, when executing the pseudo-continuous, each effect symbol 8X (each effect symbol 8X including the pseudo-continuous display mode) to be stopped and displayed at each square at the time of the first variation display is determined, and thereafter each time the variation is displayed Each production symbol 8X to be stopped and displayed at each square may be determined.

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, the number of pseudo-continuous display modes suggests the upper limit number of re-variable display performed when executing the pseudo-continuous. However, when the number of re-variable display (the number of pseudo-continuous displays) is 3, for example, in each temporary stop display performed 3 times, one, two, or three pseudo-continuous display modes are displayed. It was. However, in this case, three pseudo continuous display modes are displayed at the first temporary stop display, two pseudo continuous display modes are displayed at the second temporary stop display, and the third temporary stop display is displayed. At this time, one pseudo-continuous display mode may be displayed. This makes it possible to accurately count the number of times that the player displays the change again. Alternatively, the number of pseudo-continuous display modes may always be the same as the number of re-variable displays. When the number of re-variable displays is, for example, three times, in each temporary stop display performed three times, You may make it display three. This makes it easier for the player to recognize the upper limit number of re-variable displays.

  Further, in the above-described form, in the 12-mass throttle effect, a pseudo continuous display mode (“Taro”) using a vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern and a pseudo continuous display mode (“TARO”) using a side-by-side pseudo continuous pattern are displayed. In some cases, the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot lottery is not different, but, for example, the pseudo-continuous display mode using the side-by-side pseudo-continuous design is displayed when the pseudo-continuous display mode using the vertical-separated pseudo-continuous design is displayed. Even if the upper limit number of re-variable display is suggested by the number of pseudo-continuous display modes, the display of the pseudo-continuous display mode and the side-by-side display of the pseudo-continuous display pattern may be used. The degree of expectation may differ depending on the display of the pseudo continuous display mode using the pseudo continuous pattern.

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, when the number of times of re-variable display by pseudo-continuous is 3, for example, three pseudo-continuous display modes are not displayed in any of the temporary stop displays performed three times. Was supposed to be. However, in the case of at least one temporary stop display, the pseudo-continuous display mode may be displayed as many times as the number of re-variable display.

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, the effect control microcomputer 91 executes the pseudo-ream and the development effect (SP, that is, the 2D effect or the 3D effect) based on the received change start command (change pattern). (See FIG. 61, S5001). However, the game control microcomputer 81 has determined whether or not to execute the pseudo-ream and the development effect, and includes information on whether or not to execute the pseudo-ream and the development effect in the change start command. Then, the production control microcomputer 91 may determine the content of the execution for executing the pseudo-continuation or the development effect based on the reception of the change start command including the information for executing the pseudo-continuation or the development effect. In addition, other than the production contents by the pseudo-ream and the development effect, the game control microcomputer 81 may determine the content.

  Moreover, in the said form, although the pseudo-continuous display mode ("Taro") by the vertically arranged pseudo-continuous pattern is composed of two characters, it may be composed of three characters. Moreover, although the pseudo continuous display mode (“TARO”) by the side-by-side pseudo continuous pattern is configured with 4 characters, it may be configured with 2 characters or 3 characters. Further, the pseudo continuous display mode is not limited to those composed of kanji or roman characters, and may be composed of numeric symbols, icon symbols, or a display mode in which various symbols are combined. In addition, the pseudo continuous display mode is not limited to the one displayed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, and may be displayed in the diagonal direction.

  Moreover, in the said form, the frequency | count of the re-variable display by a pseudo | simulation ream was limited to the production content (pseudo 2, pseudo | simulation 3, pseudo | simulation 4) of 2-4 times. However, the content of the effect may be included in which the number of re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is 1 time or 5 times or more. For example, when the number of re-variable display by the pseudo-continuous is 1, only one pseudo-continuous display mode (“Taro” or “TARO”) may be displayed. Further, when the number of times of re-variable display by the pseudo-ream is 5, for example, “Taro” is displayed in the squares (1) and (5), “Taro” is displayed in the squares (2) and (6), and the squares are displayed. (3) If “Taro” is displayed in (7), “Taro” is displayed in squares (4) and (8), and “TARO” is displayed in squares (9), (10), (11), and (12) good. Further, in the above-described form, when stopping from the right to the left, it is set so that the effect content of the pseudo 2 gaze (effect No. 2) is not executed, but even when stopping from the right to the left, the effect of the pseudo 2 gaze The contents may be set to be executed.

  Moreover, in the said form, although the four stop orders shown in FIG. 39 were set, it is not necessary to stop each production | presentation symbol in the order as shown in FIG. Further, the number of stop orders may be five or more. This makes it possible to produce an effect that is less likely to get bored. On the other hand, the number of stop orders may be one, two, or three. As a result, the amount of data can be reduced, making it easy to manage the production.

  In the above embodiment, in the 12-mass throttle effect, as shown in FIG. 40, numerical symbols, character symbols (pseudo-continuous symbols), and icon symbols are set. However, the types of these symbols can be changed as appropriate. In addition, in the effect target line lottery table shown in FIGS. 62 to 77, the assigned numbers can be changed as appropriate. 61 can be changed as appropriate. For example, a plurality of types of 3D effects or 2D effects may be provided.

  In the above embodiment, each variable display portion 7b is arranged on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 and a 12-mass throttle effect is executed. However, four drums (reels) are arranged in the horizontal direction and 3 in the vertical direction. Two drums may be arranged, and a 12-mass throttle effect may be executed by 12 drums that actually rotate instead of on the liquid crystal.

  In the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine that is shifted to the high probability state based on the passage of the game ball to the specific area 39 has been described, but the pachinko gaming machine that is shifted to the high probability state according to the type of the special symbol, or so-called You may comprise as other types of game machines, such as a 1 type 2 type mixing machine and a 2 type game machine (wing type game machine). In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, 100 (refer to S2303) or 160 (refer to S2308) is set to the time reduction counter, and 160 (refer to S2305) is set to the probability variation counter. The number of time reductions and the number of STs are not limited to these. Moreover, in the said form, as shown in FIG. 11, although the fluctuation patterns P1-P15, P21-P25, P31-P34 were set, the kind of fluctuation pattern does not need to be restricted to these.

  In the above-described embodiment, the inventions of the following means 1 to 5 are shown. In the description of the means described below, the corresponding configuration names and expressions in the above-described embodiment, and reference numerals used in the drawings are added in parentheses for reference. However, the component of each invention is not limited to this supplementary note.

The invention according to means 1
Effect display means (image display device 7) comprising a plurality of variable display units;
Identification of a plurality of types of identification information (production symbol 8X) that can be identified based on the start condition being established after being variably displayed on each of the plurality of variable display sections (variable display sections 7b) Information display means (production control microcomputer 91 capable of executing S4507 and S4611),
In the effect display means, each of the variable display portions is arranged such that a plurality of lines (lines <1> to <11>) in which three or more of the variable display portions are arranged in one direction are formed,
A game for controlling to a special game state (big win game state) advantageous to a player when the identification information is stopped and displayed in a specific display mode (big hit mode) on an activated active line among the plurality of lines In the machine
Stop order for selecting stop order of variable display performed by the plurality of variable display units from a plurality of stop order patterns including a first stop order pattern and a second stop order pattern different from the first stop order pattern A selection means (production control microcomputer 91 capable of executing S5101 or S5301);
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting unit, the first group of lines (line <1> to line <8>), which is a part of all the lines, is identified as an effective line. Stop displaying information,
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, the second group of lines (line <9) to line <11>) including at least a part of the lines excluding the first group are selected. The gaming machine is characterized in that the identification information is stopped and displayed as an effective line.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, which line among all the lines that can be formed changes as an effective line is changed according to the selected stop order. For example, when the first stop order pattern is selected, the first group of lines becomes an effective line, and a symbol display mode (for example, a jackpot mode) in which the effect state can be changed on the effective line is displayed. On the other hand, when the second stop order pattern is selected, the line of the second group becomes the effective line, and the display mode (for example, pseudo continuous display mode) of the effect state that can be changed in the effective line is displayed. . Therefore, it is difficult to predict which line (all variable display parts among all variable display parts) of all lines should be noted, and it is difficult to become a monotonous game. In this way, it is possible to prevent the player from getting bored by the change of the stop order and the active line.

The invention according to means 2
A gaming machine according to means 1, wherein
The second group line and the first group line are different from each other,
The identification information display means includes
Before the final stop display of the identification information, the identification information is displayed on the effective line in a predetermined pseudo continuous display mode (pseudo continuous display mode using a vertically aligned pseudo continuous pattern or pseudo continuous display mode using a side by side pseudo continuous pattern. ) Can be executed for a predetermined number of times, so that a temporary change display and a variable display can be performed again.
The reach line that constitutes a part of the specific display mode and the specific display mode may be displayed on the effective line of the first group,
While the pseudo-continuous display mode may be displayed on the active line of the second group, the specific display mode and the reach mode are not displayed.

  According to the invention relating to the means 2, the effective lines of the second group are lines that may display the pseudo continuous display mode without displaying the specific display mode or the reach display mode. Therefore, when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the second stop order pattern, it is possible to direct the player's attention to whether or not the re-variable display is performed. Therefore, it is possible to increase the effect of the pseudo-ream according to the stop order.

The invention according to means 3 is
A gaming machine according to means 2, wherein
The gaming machine characterized in that the identification information display means displays the pseudo-continuous display mode with the number of the effective lines not exceeding the predetermined number in the temporary stop display.

  According to the invention according to means 3, if there are, for example, three effective lines on which the pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed in the first temporary stop display when the pseudo-ream is executed, a re-variable display is displayed to the player at that time. It becomes possible to grasp that the number of times is three times or more. Further, even if there is only one effective line in which the pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed in the first temporary stop display when the pseudo-ream is executed, for example, there are many re-variable displays at that time (two times). This makes it possible to get a sense of expectation that it may be implemented. As described above, in addition to whether or not the pseudo-continuous display mode is established, the player can be made aware of the number of effective lines displayed in the pseudo-continuous display mode. It is possible to enhance the production effect.

The invention according to means 4 is
A gaming machine according to means 2 or 3, wherein
The pseudo continuous display mode includes a first pseudo continuous display mode (“Taro”) and a second pseudo continuous display mode (“TARO”), which are different from each other.
The plurality of variable display units are arranged in three or more in the vertical direction and three or more in the horizontal direction,
Each line (<1> to <4>) extending in the vertical direction is a line of the first group,
Each line (<9> to <11>) extending in the lateral direction is a line of the second group,
The identification information display means, upon the temporary stop display,
When the first stop order pattern is selected, the first pseudo continuous display mode may be displayed with the first group line as an effective line,
When the second stop order pattern is selected, the second pseudo-continuous display mode may be displayed with the second group line as an effective line.

  According to the invention relating to the means 4, the first pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed in the vertical direction, whereas the second pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed in the horizontal direction. It becomes possible to distinguish.

The invention according to means 5 is
A gaming machine according to means 4, wherein
The plurality of variable display portions are arranged in a horizontal direction at least four,
The first pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed by two variable display units arranged in the vertical direction,
The second pseudo-continuous display mode is a gaming machine that is displayed by four variable display units arranged in the horizontal direction.

  According to the invention relating to means 5, the first pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed on the two variable display units arranged in the vertical direction, and the second pseudo-continuous display mode is displayed on the four variable display units arranged in the horizontal direction. It is possible to give a novel impression as a pseudo continuous display mode. In addition, since the number of effective lines (the number of reach lines) is increased as compared with the case where three variable display sections are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, a number of display modes for each identification information displayed on the effective lines are formed. Is possible.

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Claims (4)

Production display means comprising a plurality of variable display units;
An identification information display means for displaying a plurality of types of identification information that can be identified based on the start condition being satisfied, and then suspending display after variably displaying in each of the plurality of variable display units,
Each of the variable display portions is arranged in the effect display means so that a plurality of lines in which three or more variable display portions are arranged in one direction are formed,
In the gaming machine that controls to a special gaming state advantageous to the player when each identification information is stopped and displayed in any one of the plurality of lines in a specific display mode,
Stop order for selecting stop order of variable display performed by the plurality of variable display units from a plurality of stop order patterns including a first stop order pattern and a second stop order pattern different from the first stop order pattern A selection means;
A special effect execution means capable of executing a predetermined special effect after each identification information is displayed in a special display mode different from the specific display mode in any one of the plurality of lines,
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, the identification information may be stopped and displayed in any one of the plurality of lines in the specific display mode.
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, the identification information is not stopped and displayed in any one of the plurality of lines in the specific display mode. A gaming machine, wherein each of the identification information can be displayed in the special display mode on any one of the plurality of lines. In the gaming machine according to claim 1,
The identification information display means includes
Before the final stop display of each identification information, each identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in a predetermined pseudo-continuous display mode on any one of the plurality of lines,
The special performance execution means
After the identification information is temporarily stopped and displayed in the pseudo-continuous display mode on any one of the plurality of lines, re-variable display for variably displaying the identification information can be performed a predetermined number of times. Is,
The special display mode is the pseudo continuous display mode,
The gaming machine characterized in that the special effect is the re-variable display. The gaming machine according to claim 2,
The pseudo continuous display mode includes at least a first pseudo continuous display mode and a second pseudo continuous display mode which are different from each other.
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, the identification information is not temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo continuous display mode. While each of the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode in that line,
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, the identification information is not temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode. The gaming machine is characterized in that the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo-continuous display mode. The gaming machine according to claim 3,
The plurality of variable display units are arranged in three or more in the vertical direction and three or more in the horizontal direction,
The identification information display means includes
When the first stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selection unit, each of the lines extending in one of the vertical direction and the horizontal direction (hereinafter referred to as “one side direction”) While the identification information can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the first pseudo continuous display mode,
When the second stop order pattern is selected by the stop order selecting means, each of the identification information in any one of the lines extending in the other direction different from the one side direction in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. Can be temporarily stopped and displayed in the second pseudo continuous display mode.

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